The ‘dream of the sensitive’ that inspired the artist was dictated by religious imperatives: this plant is linked to a sacred territory for which Abie Loy and her family are responsible.

By staging it, she shows her ritual 

By staging it, she is demonstrating her ritual ‘ownership’ of the site where the plant grows, and fulfilling a duty to remember, since it was her great ancestors who created the place and grew the plant there.

The plant that grows in the summer is also a symbol of fertility in a region with a climate that is often arid, and to devote a painting to it is both to bear witness to the reality of this fertility and to ensure it for the future.