#flathal #tahiti #watercolor
(Flat Stanley was traveling with Flat Hal at the time. Flat Halena played with them from time to time, but hadn’t discovered the fun of the journal yet.)
There are quite a few ports ahead of us, many we will be visiting (or touring) for the first time, so we decided to turn today into a painting and reading day!
Other passengers have been learning watercolor painting during the cruise. The Flat Friends tried their hand at the art form… with help from AI.
We took pictures of flowers, then started creating!
Key Symbolism of the Flag:
Stripes: Taken from the historical Kingdom of Tahiti’s flag, red represents royalty, passion, and life, while white represents purity.
Piroque (Canoe): The central canoe represents the essential tool for fishing, transport, and cultural heritage, symbolizing the people’s reliance on the sea.
Five Figures: Represent the five archipelagos that make up French Polynesia (think States or Provinces): Society, Tuamotu, Gambier, Austral, and Marquesas.
Golden Sun: The sun rays on the emblem symbolize life, energy, warmth, and hope.
Waves: The blue and white waves at the bottom represent the Pacific Ocean, signifying how important the sea is to their life, for food, transportation, pearls and more!
Have you ever heard someone say “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”? It is an old expression, in fact when Margaret Wolfe Hungerford wrote it in her novel Molly Bawn almost 150 years ago she referred to it as an “old axiom” which is just a fancy way of saying people have said and believed it for a long time.
The idea is pretty simple: each of likes what we like, and no one is wrong.
It is a saying that applies perfectly to art! Flat Hal and Flat Halena started with a single picture and made five different paintings from it. Each is unique, beautiful in its own way, and the Flat Friends love each and every creation!
