Figure 1- Lotus leaf holding water – the warp in space-time that is the universe. (c) DE Wolf 2020.

The lotus mythically and philosophically is representative of the sequence of birth, life, death, and resurrection. And this sequence perpetuates infinitely. In short, the lotus is the universe. Last Saturday I saw these lotus leaves holding giant water drops. This is shown in Figure 1. A dear friend, and lotus lover, led me to see this differently. I recognized that in that pattern is the warp in spacetime that defines the universe. It is the juncture of science and myth, which was, after all, never very far away.

“As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world.”

Canon T2i with EF 70-200 F/4.0L USM lens at mm, ISO 200, Aperture priority AE Mode 1/400th sec at f/7.1 with no exposure compensation.