Friday, 16 April 2010

ROOTS AND ARMS

Strange title?  Perhaps, but I have always thought of trees as living things.  There is plenty of mystery, legend and folklore associated with trees to suggest this.  Roots and fallen branches on the woodland floor are depicted in this photograph.

Near High Force Waterfall, Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England.

From my Tree Stories Project, 2003-.

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3 comments:

  1. the wanderer [bernard]18 April 2010 at 14:00

    i am also a fan of trees and their mysterious winding parts. i love this photo.

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  2. J Adamthwaite18 April 2010 at 20:21

    I love this. It is almost as though the tree is escaping from the ground.

    There was an installation at Kew Gardens a while back, where someone had hooked ultra-sensitive microphones up to a large tree and you could listen to what they picked up through headphones. You could hear the water being sucked up; it was almost like a heartbeat. Since I heard that, I've thought of trees differently too.

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  3. Unknown19 April 2010 at 20:13

    Thank you both for your comments. I agree with your comments. Sadly it would seem that we has the so-called intelligent life force do not seem to do enough to protect trees. Which ultimately is to our own cost.

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