In a culture of substitutes, in which only appearance matters, plants find their role, even if it is artificial. In bars, restaurants and hotels there seems to be a certain interest in paying attention to life (even if it is only in image), and thus owners often insist on buying and placing decorative elements that pass themselves off as plants, silhouettes that from a distance may look good but up close can only disappoint.<\/p>\n
As rational beings, knowing how breathing is one of the essential activities for survival, our connection with the plant kingdom should be much stronger. The exaggerated inhaling of air when we climb mountains is proof of this. Without needing to leave the rhythm of the city, those green strips crossed by wires placed haphazardly in any corner try to create an environment that can calm us down.<\/p>\n
The message is quite clear: \u201cnot here.\u201d Here there is no time, no listening, no sustenance, no curiosity, no affection, no community, no real care for plants. In the service sector everything happens so fast, there are so many things to do with so little time, that a plant would be a nuisance, it would generate a loss. Which is why so little activity is dedicated to any living thing, whether it is the needs of a potted plant or the staff that carries the business on its back.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard to believe that plant life can be presented in such a fragmented way when it is well known that all plants connect with their neighbors, complement each other, support each other, communicate. How can we imagine, even if only decoratively, that four plastic flower pots evoke the presence of a whole kingdom studied by botany? At a time when society is hyper-connected and when we constantly receive messages generated thousands of kilometers away, we settle for copies of the cheapest flowers in places that do not disturb in an attempt to try to create a more pleasant climate. In the same way, we settle for living in houses that are stifling, disconnected from what is around it. Nature\u2019s sustenance is also social. The roots of trees and people are severed, community dynamics between people, plants and animals become more difficult, and the support that makes it possible for an individual not to have to do everything always alone is lost.<\/p>\n
We also see how in many streets where ornamental species such as orange trees, palm trees or jacarandas have traditionally been planted, it has become normal to avoid the co-existence between trees and weeds by covering the ground at the foot of the tree, thus avoiding connections of interdependence and leaving a gap in our vocabulary, since that gap that left space for water has always had a name, one of the oldest words in our language, a gift from the Sumerians.<\/p>\n
Given what we have seen, just as the reproduction of a flower is to be as unobtrusive as possible, it should also cost as little as possible. From paper, feather, wax, bone, glass or silk flowers to the plastic ones today that fill the rooms with their unnatural aroma, the meticulous and repetitive task has been complemented by certain ailments due to postures, to the rush imposed by increasing demand, the scolding of mistakes. The person who made these supposedly delicate plants could well be the one who waits the tables, runs to the kitchen and who one January afternoon, at a silly hour, dedicates a few minutes to cleaning the accumulated dust from the leaves and petals of eternal plastic.<\/p>\n
Perhaps a flower does not deserve to be in a bar that stinks of fried food or alcohol, and therefore the option of plagiarism isn\u2019t so bad. Why should plants suffer inconveniences just for our delight and whim? If plants give their lives to survive through reproduction, would people let in something as dangerous and disruptive as a bee to carry out its pollination duties? The welfare state would never allow such a risk.<\/p>\n
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