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Richard Louis's avatar

Palm Trees & Beaches bring a lot of peace to me.

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Leigh's avatar

“We found that trees could communicate, over the air and through their roots. Common sense hooted us down. We found that trees take care of each other. Collective science dismissed the idea. Outsiders discovered how seeds remember the seasons of their childhood and set buds accordingly. Outsiders discovered that trees sense the presence of other nearby life. That a tree learns to save water. That trees feed their young and synchronize their masts and bank resources and warn kin and send out signals to wasps to come and save them from attacks. “Here’s a little outsider information, and you can wait for it to be confirmed. A forest knows things. They wire themselves up underground. There are brains down there, ones our own brains aren’t shaped to see. Root plasticity, solving problems and making decisions. Fungal synapses. What else do you want to call it? Link enough trees together, and a forest grows aware.”

― Richard Powers, The Overstory

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darren harley's avatar

you had me at fungal synapses... thanks for sharing Leigh 🙏🏼

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Leigh's avatar

Terrific book - very much aligned with your poetree

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Lyssie's avatar

Love this! That photo is awesome and I hope my brain is adequately firing to look like your photo 🙏🏻😉 But great reminder that I need more nature in my life. Thank you! ❤️

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darren harley's avatar

🙏🏼 T

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Joan Willett's avatar

Love the analogy - and isn’t it amazing that our brains can grow synaptic branches that, if “climbed” in sequence, can produce…our grandmother’s face, instantaneously. Ms.W

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darren harley's avatar

love the comment -- and love climbing the synaptic branches... that produce the face (& words) of a wise professor. 🙏🏼

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