I think this is beautiful! I often feel so at peace in the middle of a wood, as if I am in a church but not enclosed. It is a lovely feeling of contemplative isolation. Beautiful photos and thoughts.
hi noelle, i love going into woodlots for that very reason. there's a sense of entering a space, which is strange because they're entirely connected to everything else just like all sacred spaces but there's a different quality to trees gathered together like this. community. steven
elsiabeth i like your insight here. i think that equating the natural to the manmade is certainly and probably wisely reversed to greater effect! steven
hey willow! i sometimes wish that technology was at a more advanced stage so that this could be a more immersive experience but our minds can fill in the spaces and make the connections for now. steven
hi technobabe - i love riding through trees. walking through trees. drifiting through trees in a canoe or kayak. i know i'd miss it if i was living in the middle of a city with no access to woodlands. steven
Like you, I love walking, riding, and especially floating through trees on a canoe or kayak. I also like just sitting under them listening and breathing and feeling grateful for them. We humans are tree people from waaay back.
I spy with my little eye something...GREEN!
ReplyDeletehey linda sue!!! is it your shoes?
ReplyDeleteI think this is beautiful! I often feel so at peace in the middle of a wood, as if I am in a church but not enclosed. It is a lovely feeling of contemplative isolation. Beautiful photos and thoughts.
ReplyDeletehi noelle, i love going into woodlots for that very reason. there's a sense of entering a space, which is strange because they're entirely connected to everything else just like all sacred spaces but there's a different quality to trees gathered together like this. community. steven
ReplyDeletebeautiful....i'm glad that i'm not the only one to talk to trees..sometimes i they even get a hug!!
ReplyDeletegorgeous,lush green...stunning.x
I can almost hear the green!
ReplyDeleteCathedrals are man made, forests from nature.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that we tend to equate something from the natural world to something man made.
Shouldn't it be the other way around - the cathedral reminds us of a forest.
It's all that green that you don't find in cathedrals I suppose, though the majesty is there in both.
Thanks, Steven, for some beautiful images and words. The green is so wonderful.
Truly sacred space.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me worship a bit in your lovely cathedral!
ReplyDeleteThese pictures remind me of when we lived in Virginia. So pretty. So peaceful.
ReplyDeleteyour words are lovely
ReplyDeleteas are your words
green air
I like that
I really miss being near a good stand of woods.
ReplyDeletehello kay - i talk to trees, birds, rabbits, chipmunks - almost anything alive!!! steven
ReplyDeletevalerie - it is that overwhelming!!! steven
ReplyDeleteelsiabeth i like your insight here. i think that equating the natural to the manmade is certainly and probably wisely reversed to greater effect! steven
ReplyDeletebonnie truly!! steven
ReplyDeletehey willow! i sometimes wish that technology was at a more advanced stage so that this could be a more immersive experience but our minds can fill in the spaces and make the connections for now. steven
ReplyDeletehi technobabe - i love riding through trees. walking through trees. drifiting through trees in a canoe or kayak. i know i'd miss it if i was living in the middle of a city with no access to woodlands. steven
ReplyDeletesuz thankyou. steven
ReplyDeleteellen perhaps you need to plant one! steven
ReplyDeleteLike you, I love walking, riding, and especially floating through trees on a canoe or kayak. I also like just sitting under them listening and breathing and feeling grateful for them. We humans are tree people from waaay back.
ReplyDeleteThat is, without a doubt, the greenest greenness I have ever seen, Steven. Lovely shots. And I love those three wise trees.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, beautiful photos. It's a peaceful green, and I love also, to consider the trees my friends, and to greet them.
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