Do trees remind you of their native fauna?

[GroveBonsai]

As I was staring at the grey muscled texture of my ficus last night, i had the idea of a reptile maybe Komodo dragon slithering across the forest floor. Especially in the aerial roots.

then at night (2am) i started thinking that trees kinda feel like animals in their environment. I can’t peg it but they just “feel” like that.

-a deciduous tree (ie maple) feels like a deer to me
- a pine like a bear
A bald cypress (especially the knees) like an alligator
-a spruce like an Elk
Not that they necessarily look like them, they just “smell” or have the spirit of them

Anyone? anyone?

maybe I’m crazy. Just wanted to share my (what i think is profound) probably stupid thought everything feels “brilliant” at 2am. Or maybe winter fever is already getting to me.

 

[Carol 83]

everything feels “brilliant” at 2am.

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[GroveBonsai]

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Probably i little bit of that too

 

[Michael P]

Indulge these thoughts. Unusual sensory or emotional associations can be great inspiration. One that I heard long ago is that negative space is very important in bonsai because the birds need places to fly through.

 

[sorce]

I like it.

The animal choice is like mine might be.

How about Juniper?

Sorce

 

[GroveBonsai]

I like it.

The animal choice is like mine might be.

How about Juniper?

Sorce

Hmmm. I would think some kind of bird of prey. Hawk or eagle. Something that dances on the wind

 

[A. Gorilla]

Joe Rogan asked me to ask you if you have come to known our Lord and savior, DMT.

 

[Schmikah]

As I was staring at the grey muscled texture of my ficus last night, i had the idea of a reptile maybe Komodo dragon slithering across the forest floor. Especially in the aerial roots.

then at night (2am) i started thinking that trees kinda feel like animals in their environment. I can’t peg it but they just “feel” like that.

-a deciduous tree (ie maple) feels like a deer to me
- a pine like a bear
A bald cypress (especially the knees) like an alligator
-a spruce like an Elk
Not that they necessarily look like them, they just “smell” or have the spirit of them

Anyone? anyone?

maybe I’m crazy. Just wanted to share my (what i think is profound) probably stupid thought everything feels “brilliant” at 2am. Or maybe winter fever is already getting to me.

Sometimes its even more direct that just a reminder. I was on a hike yesterday and was looking at some beech tree nebari. The area I was in has steep valley walls with slate shooting out of the soil with a flat valley floor that is constantly wet.

The beech trees that grow right at the transition point between the slate steps and damp floor have these "foot-like" root protrusions where the bark wrinkles up between each "toe". I'll have to get a picture the next time I'm out in the woods but if you look just at the bottom three or four feet on some of the trees, they look exactly like a giant foot and ankle but with distinguishable toes).

This is just a picture from google, its a bit more drastic than what I'm describing and the bark isn't nearly as smooth (so it doesn't look as much like skin), but the idea is the same.

 

[penumbra]

Being a plantaholic, I love this thread. I accept the proposition that plants are our ancestors.

 

[leatherback]

I think you have all been smoking something. Or had too many mushrooms

 

[Schmikah]

I think you have all been smoking something. Or had too many mushrooms

haven't had enough mushrooms*

In my defense, you should look at some of those beech pics, they are crazy due to the shallow depth.

 

[penumbra]

I think you have all been smoking something. Or had too many mushrooms

What's your point?

 

[leatherback]

What's your point?

Same as the rest of the thread. To me it makes no sense.

 

[penumbra]

Same as the rest of the thread. To me it makes no sense.

So sorry. Hope you get over it.

 

[leatherback]

Same to you

 

[moke]

I like it.

The animal choice is like mine might be.

How about Juniper?

Sorce

Buffalo=Juniper

 

[Schmikah]

Buffalo=Juniper
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This is all I could think of.

 

[Eckhoffw]

Love this thread.
I can relate.
I can also relate to seeing a nice reverse taper on a tree, and then having the desire to put a skirt or dress on it.
ooh la la.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Guy on a Buffalo,
got a good belly laugh out of me,
and I have quite a belly.

 

[Atom#28]

What you are describing sounds like a variation on a neurological phenomenon called synesthesia.