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Symbiosis is a photo taken for the "REJECTED Beauty" Contest. Hosted by What an inspiring idea.

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This is lichen which seems ugly to the uninformed human eye. Lichens are considered symbionts because they are the product of an alga and a fungus. This results in a new and different organism with characteristics of them both.

In nature these balanced relationships exist completing the cycle of life and benefiting all the natural world in many ways.

While most reject this as beauty I find it very beautiful in that two organisms work together to benefit each other and all others who surround them. If only human relationships were so symbiotic.

***This beauty received its final rejection when it was run over repeatedly by a large riding mower, tossed aside, shred to pieces and completely destroyed. Obviously the lawn care guy failed to see its intrinsic beauty. I am happy to have caught this shot as it no longer exists.***

I give permission to use this piece in any way for her contest only.

Enjoy my work. Don't steal my work.

I enable prints in case you want them for some odd reason.

© COPYRIGHT W. JOE WOLLER

My art IS MY ART not yours to steal.

I own all rights to this work and will hunt you down no matter what rights you think dA has given you.

I am using image recognition software to keep track of everything I create.

Additionally I make screenshots of every page and piece in my gallery as soon as I add them.

Registered with MyFreeCopyright.com and Safe Creative Copyright Registry.

My thanks to for her geekdom.

Description
Symbiosis is a photo taken for the "REJECTED Beauty" Contest. Hosted by What an inspiring idea.

[link]

This is lichen which seems ugly to the uninformed human eye. Lichens are considered symbionts because they are the product of an alga and a fungus. This results in a new and different organism with characteristics of them both.

In nature these balanced relationships exist completing the cycle of life and benefiting all the natural world in many ways.

While most reject this as beauty I find it very beautiful in that two organisms work together to benefit each other and all others who surround them. If only human relationships were so symbiotic.

***This beauty received its final rejection when it was run over repeatedly by a large riding mower, tossed aside, shred to pieces and completely destroyed. Obviously the lawn care guy failed to see its intrinsic beauty. I am happy to have caught this shot as it no longer exists.***

I give permission to use this piece in any way for her contest only.

Enjoy my work. Don't steal my work.

I enable prints in case you want them for some odd reason.

© COPYRIGHT W. JOE WOLLER

My art IS MY ART not yours to steal.

I own all rights to this work and will hunt you down no matter what rights you think dA has given you.

I am using image recognition software to keep track of everything I create.

Additionally I make screenshots of every page and piece in my gallery as soon as I add them.

Registered with MyFreeCopyright.com and Safe Creative Copyright Registry.

My thanks to for her geekdom.