My housemate told me his connotation with sunflowers. Spit balling we were. Do sunflowers connote wealth? Integration into Dutch society? Which might sound weird initially, but after some contemplation not really. Are the high status ascribed to sunflowers not precisely Van Gogh’s legacy in Dutch culture and identity? He tells me about the beautiful garden of some family friends. Filled with sunflowers, high and tall. Spouting so high you could see them from the second floor of their house. Their own house that is. Paid from steady incomes which not all Afghan refugee families can say. They like to show off their wealth and success my housemate tells me. So what place does the sunflower have in all this?
