Furthermore, the cyclical life of a garden—its blooming springs, languid summers, and dormant winters—mirrors the ever-shifting tides of the heart. Just as plants experience birth, vitality, and repose, our inner lives similarly pass through seasons of growth, turbulence, and introspective pause. Japanese poets of the Heian era, for instance, often linked their own emotional ebbs with plum and cherry blossoms, reinforcing this connection. [...]
