Jours en fleurs

Jours en fleurs is a reclamation of flowerpower in which images of trees in springtime bloom are subjected to the floriferous ravages of menarcheal substance in a gestation of decay The title is based on an expression from my comingofage in Acadian French Canada where girls would refer to having their menstrual periods as être dans ses fleurs As a result of incubation in menstrual blood for several months the original images inscribed on the emulsion undergo violent alterations The shedding of the unfertilized womb depredates the fertilized blossoms and substitutes its own dark beauty