Twisted K Howell 2012 Pastel on Paper 14cm x 21cm |
The anthropomorphic form of trees makes it easy to identify with them as creatures. And in trees, the resilience, damage, variety and beauty is much like we find in humanity. The nature to strive and flourish. The infinite capacity for transformation.
Trees may not travel in distance, but their journeys aren't far removed from our own. In the immortal words of the Kaiser Chiefs:
Well it's time honoured tradition
To get enough nutrition
Stay alive until you die
And that is the end of you!
To get enough nutrition
Stay alive until you die
And that is the end of you!
(I've rambled on about tree/human affinities before, in raw, lingering disquiet, life and limb, branching out, and about inspiration)