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Image 5.2_TomatoBlood_byCecilyNicholson

Cecily Nicholson, Tomato Blood, 2021. Image courtesy of the artist.

In the garden, just above the staked tomato plants, a hand peeks into view. The fingers and thumb are stained grey-green past the first knuckle with tomato tar and dusted lightly with yellow pollen. The thumb and forefinger gently hold up two vibrant tomato blossoms, green sepals and stems covered in shimmering white tangles of fuzz. In one flower, the stamen is just about to open, and in the other, the stamen is unfurling and uncurling.