Finally, I will let the vase and blossoms / sing out.

Then, I’ll addd a shaft of light to illuminate the tabletop,
creating tension. Finally, I will let the vase and blossoms
sing out.
- from Manet’s Last Flowers by Chris Cantu
https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic-journal/manets-last-flowers-by-chris-cantu

Better on black, I think.

[John Durham]

works very well

[Mary Siegle]

Where do you find all of these amazing quotations?