Flowers are a common thing to give to someone on a special occasion. For example, I’m sure many flowers were handed out as condolences in the holocaust. They are also given to people for celebrations. However, some people don’t like to receive flowers because they claim “they just die, so it’s pointless.”  Through Walter Benjamin’s use of mechanical reproduction, however, flowers can be made into something more permanent- like this water lily from this blog- http://steppingoutofthebox789.blogspot.com/ .

 The image I provided below (left) can relate to something similar to what may have been the original of this water lily’s reproduction.  I also provided another image of a reproduction of the water lily. This image (bottom right) is of Claude Monet's "Lily Pond With Bridge." I chose to add this picture because Monet's technique in painting this piece was through lithography, which Benjamin states was a very common technique at the beginning stages of mechanical reproduction. As you can see, the image of lilies here is not as clear as the other two, as this was a common occurrence for reproductions done through lithography. 

Citation of images:

Holloway, Sue. Water Lily . 2013. Photograph. all-creatures.orgWeb. 30 Oct 2013. <http://www.all-creatures.org/works/waterlily.html>.

Monet, Claude. Lily Pond With Bridge. 2013. Painting. icollector.comWeb. 30 Oct 2013. <http://www.icollector.com/Water-Lily-Pond-with-Bridge-by-Claude-Monet-Lithograph_i11144876>.