African Garden + gardening

On Beauty
These flowers of Anemone x hybrida 'Andrea Atkinson' were frozen in bloom.

What is beauty? Is it truly in the eye of the beholder? Or is there some standard, such as the so-called "golden ratio"? Can there be beauty in ruined blooms? I believe so.

I very much doubt one must have an artist's eye to appreciate the beauty here,

Freeze-dried buds and seedheads of A. 'Andrea Atkinson'

of form, line and subtle coloration. Or am I wrong, and merely refusing to accept the reality of the end of the gardening season?