{"id":1114,"date":"2013-02-22T05:04:11","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T05:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2013-02-22T05:04:11","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T05:04:11","slug":"replicators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/replicators\/","title":{"rendered":"Replicators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While hiking through the rainforest in Tortugera National Park, I was  impressed with the variety of plant species and their many survival  solutions, particularly the epiphytes. These plants survive many feet  off the air, growing on top of the branches of a large tree.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Christie-Lau-replicator1-rainforest-blog_cl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1154\" title=\"Christie Lau replicator1 rainforest blog_cl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Christie-Lau-replicator1-rainforest-blog_cl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Christie-Lau-replicator1-rainforest-blog_cl.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Christie-Lau-replicator1-rainforest-blog_cl-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Observing  these aerial plants made me think of the organic tenacity and abundance  of thoughts and ideas that exist in our minds. Like a plant that  competes for soil and sun, ideas compete for minds and attention.\u00a0Plants  can dig deep roots or grow a little stem as an epiphyte. In the same  way, we seek to promote those ideas that generously occupy and structure  our way of thinking and sometimes allow fads to bloom on top or wither.  Species of ideas mutate because of our own interpretation as they  proliferate in the individual ecosystem of our minds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Christie-Lau-Replicator1-rainforest-detail2_blog_cl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1155\" title=\"Christie Lau Replicator1 rainforest detail2_blog_cl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Christie-Lau-Replicator1-rainforest-detail2_blog_cl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Christie-Lau-Replicator1-rainforest-detail2_blog_cl.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Christie-Lau-Replicator1-rainforest-detail2_blog_cl-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this series, I\u00a0wanted to make paintings while reflecting on the  wild but steady process that we all tick according to. I repeatedly  mutate and layer with the brush, which resembles the  elegant shape of a leaf. The composition is mostly abstract and not  based on any particular plant species.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Christie-Lau-replicator-rainforest-1-detail1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1156\" title=\"Christie Lau replicator rainforest 1 detail1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Christie-Lau-replicator-rainforest-1-detail1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Christie-Lau-replicator-rainforest-1-detail1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christielau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Christie-Lau-replicator-rainforest-1-detail1-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>-Christie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While hiking through the rainforest in Tortugera National Park, I was impressed with the variety of plant species and their many survival solutions, particularly the epiphytes. These plants survive many feet off the air, growing on top of the branches of a large tree. 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