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Description
I never considered myself a connoisseur of home decor, much less someone who'd get excited about something called a ceramic wall flower. Yet here I am, utterly captivated by this peculiar piece of ceramic art hanging in my sister's guest bathroom. It's a delicate thing, no bigger than a dessert plate, painted in a shade of blue so light it's almost translucent. If you squint, it could pass for a piece of sea coral that decided to abandon its underwater home for a life of landlocked glamour. The artist, in what I can only assume was a fit of oceanic inspiration, shaped it to resemble a cluster of tenticles. It's as if a sea coral colony decided to form a union and go on strike, freezing mid-protest. "It's abstract artwork," my sister informed me, her voice tinged with the kind of pride usually reserved for parents at a mediocre school play. I nodded, pretending to grasp why someone would want their wall to look like it was being gently colonized by ceramic sea life. But the longer I stared at this wall art decor, the more it charmed me. It's like having a piece of a mermaid's garden hanging just above the toilet paper holder. This little blue wonder has become a silent companion during those private bathroom moments, a constant reminder that beauty can bloom in the most unexpected places - even if it's made of clay and confused about its biological classification.
