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By Kerstin Rao As an artist who is a keen observer of nature, I challenged myself to put together a bouquet illustration that would celebrate America’s independent spirit and complicated history. Capturing the red, white, and blue colors of our flag as it occurs in natural plants was one rule I set for myself. Another rule was to express my feelings of both pride and concern as an American citizen today. With this ambition in mind, I traveled to a neighboring town’s wholesale