THE FLORAL GUARDIAN'S STORY

Solomon the white tiger has his head in a tangle. Thoughts swoop and fly around him, landing nowhere, while ideas and dreams flutter through the flowers and leaves like butterflies.

The idea behind Floral Guardian came from that familiar feeling of having so much going on inside your head that it's difficult to settle on any one thing. Memories flicker in and out, old hopes brush past new ones, and thoughts drift in and out of our minds before we have had a chance to make sense of them.

I wanted Solomon to appear strong and calm on the outside, standing proudly amongst the flowers, while inside his head there is a completely different story unfolding. Just like the butterflies around him, our thoughts can flutter from one thing to another, sometimes creating a little chaos of their own.

I think many of us know that feeling. We can look perfectly composed to the outside world while our minds are busy juggling memories, worries, ideas and dreams. Sometimes it can be difficult to find a moment of stillness amongst it all.

Perhaps Solomon reminds us that even when our thoughts are flying in every direction, we can still find moments of calm. And if we can't quite catch hold of every thought, perhaps we don't need to. Some things can simply flutter by.