Daisies

A little project, a series of three drawings talking about of daisies.

In Old English, daisies were referred to as "day's eye" because at night the petals close over the yellow center and during the day they re-open.

In the language of flowers daisies have different meanings, all related to positivity. This soft and gentle flower has always been a symbol of innocence and purity.

A famous popular tradition involves daisies. The petals of the flower are picked one by one. A person playing the game alternately speaks the phrases "He loves me," and "he loves me not" while picking one petal off a flower for each phrase. The phrase they speak on picking off the last petal supposedly represents the truth between the object of their affection loving them or not.