Trees
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So I found the 400 year old (give or take 200 years either way) Yew tree in these woods nearby.
Actually very easy to find and distinctive, cos it stands out quite a bit from the others around it
It's got something special about it straightaway, huge craggy trunk, with very clear signs of "old"
Like a lot of trees, it has dead bits co-mingling with living bits, but I don't think I've seen one quite as pronounced as this.
Some of the contortions in the wood are quite spooky, I was seeing body shapes and faces all over the place.
Like this "leg"
And then these very Lovecraftian/Alien holes and projections
I got this strong sense of frozen lava, cos its all very solid but also a lot of circles and flow lines.
And also felt like there was something inside it.
Actually very easy to find and distinctive, cos it stands out quite a bit from the others around it
It's got something special about it straightaway, huge craggy trunk, with very clear signs of "old"
Like a lot of trees, it has dead bits co-mingling with living bits, but I don't think I've seen one quite as pronounced as this.
Some of the contortions in the wood are quite spooky, I was seeing body shapes and faces all over the place.
Like this "leg"
And then these very Lovecraftian/Alien holes and projections
I got this strong sense of frozen lava, cos its all very solid but also a lot of circles and flow lines.
And also felt like there was something inside it.
Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
A hapless hobbit being slowly crushed to death?
Possibly...
Very strong sense of something emerging from it. Like a gas or some kind of ooze.
The "oozey anthem" green did cross my mind actually, cos there was this green film over parts of the trunk.
The feeling of something being there is strong cos in order to get up close, you have to cross the membrane of the branches that are hanging down.
So it feels quite enclosed.
And the shapes are just very odd. Also the colours, very abrupt shifts in tone.
Very strong sense of something emerging from it. Like a gas or some kind of ooze.
The "oozey anthem" green did cross my mind actually, cos there was this green film over parts of the trunk.
The feeling of something being there is strong cos in order to get up close, you have to cross the membrane of the branches that are hanging down.
So it feels quite enclosed.
And the shapes are just very odd. Also the colours, very abrupt shifts in tone.
Those woods are incredible ! the scent when one enters ...There's that great bit in Vertigo where they visit Muir Woods.
Hope they last, Cali fires burning hotter, larger and longer : (
Still catching up ( so many threads )
Thanks Version. Yeah trees !
Got to get down into those Japanese forests w their ancients ...
And have been working up a new long piece based on this ' Secret life Of Forests '
idea(s) around them communicating clicks among their roots enmeshed together by fungi, helping each other as needed.
Was thinking of our islands before white people came.
All trees
California has some greats- as can guess everyplace does have
Thanks Version. Yeah trees !
Got to get down into those Japanese forests w their ancients ...
And have been working up a new long piece based on this ' Secret life Of Forests '
idea(s) around them communicating clicks among their roots enmeshed together by fungi, helping each other as needed.
Was thinking of our islands before white people came.
All trees
California has some greats- as can guess everyplace does have
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Can turn naughty
The OG internet
Someone said something like ' Forest wide web '
Think the fighting trees in Lord Of The Rings got people into them in other ways then the basic ' it's a place for my dog to pee' sense
pattycakes_
Can turn naughty
First heard about it in this
Synth heavy score by Stevie Wonder of all people.
Apparently the plant world communicates internationally. Sending data across (or under?) oceans.
Yep, Stevie was right there.
Pretty popular title here in it's time
' Poptones' ... ' across the border '
version
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Nigel Farage: Brexiteer, scourge of the woke – and eco-warrior?
Love him or hate him, it's hard to accuse Nigel Farage of being boring or predictable - and Britain's Brexit champion has blindsided his critics once again.
www.reuters.com
whew that Stevie soundtrack
"A tree is a wondrous thing that shelters, feeds, and protects all living things. It even offers shade to the axmen who destroy it.”
“We’ve learned a little about a few of them, in isolation. But nothing is less isolated or more social than a tree.”
“For there is hope of a tree, if it goes down, that it will sprout again, and that its tender branches will not cease. Though the root grows old in the earth, and the stock dies in the ground, at the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs. But man, man wastes away and dies and gives up the ghost, and where is he?”
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BBC One - Planet Earth II
How animals meet the challenges of surviving in the most iconic habitats on earth.www.bbc.com
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Got sent a link to another article about this scientist, Suzanne Simard, mentioned in the article posted by Version. The inspiration for the Sigourney Weaver character in Avatar. And also for one of the main characters in Richard Powers' Overstory (which I've got, but not read yet).
'Mother Trees' Are Intelligent: They Learn and Remember
And ecologist Suzanne Simard says they need our help to survive
There's now a documentary film about her
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Intelligent Trees - The Documentary Featuring Suzanne Simard & Peter Wohlleben
www.intelligent-trees.com
And she's got a book which sounds good
Amazon product ASIN 0241389348
I think this ancient yew tree I've found in the nearby woods could be described as a mother tree, except I think it's male (cos it has no red berries).