The seed heads of some flowers are so sculptural - like works of art. Except, of course, they're not. Nature does not create 'art' as art is a deliberate act with thought and process behind its creation. Forms in nature are the by-product of adaptation to environment or sexual selection - the need to attract a mate or pollinator. The fact that humans find some natural shapes extraordinarily beautiful is a due to aesthetics - the shape, colour and form of objects that stir our senses (the opposite is, of course, anaesthetic - to dull the senses).
The poppy seed head with its built in sprinkler is gorgeous. And so too is the hollyhock with its chocolate orange arrangement of disk-like seeds. Just wonderful.
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