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Sneak peeks!

Posted in Installations, tagged , , , , , , , on February 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »

©Chicago Botanic Garden 2012

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Even if…

Posted in Art, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Contributed by Marlene Pomeroy, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

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Posted in Art, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »

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Walnut ink

Posted in Art, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In today’s mail, a sweet envelope, a single paper round with a stitched tree painted with “walnut ink made by Emma and Carol from a 100+ year old tree on our farm.” Submitted by Carol Thomas, Illinois

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Heartbeat

Posted in Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

With my involvement in Treewhispers over the last eleven years I’ve heard thousands of tree stories — only a small fraction of them recorded here. When someone hears of the project I often inquire if they might have a tree story. Most don’t — or at least they don’t think they do — until I [...]

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“root peace sign”

Posted in Art, tagged , , , , on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

second year of “root peace sign” at Quartz lake….. love and peace LynnAnn Nysted Thomas

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Moonlight

Posted in Art, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on August 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Moonlight shines in through the silent night. Light a beeswax candle. Yuko Wada

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Posted in Art, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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Have you ever climbed a tree?

Posted in Art, Installations, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Have you ever climbed a tree? Do you have a favorite tree or a magical path through the woods? Join the Treewhispers forest of stories by sending your handmade paper rounds with your tree story/art/poetry. Your submission will be included in the upcoming exhibition Bridge and Joutras Galleries in the Regenstein Center at the Chicago [...]

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Posted in Art, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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Primordial Forest

Posted in Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , on August 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I have visited the Primordial Forest near the coast of Oregon. The Hidden Creek Wilderness has a stand of giant Redwoods going back two thousand years. It seems that few humans wander off the path into this overgrown untouched wilderness with Hidden Creek running through it. Even the Indians that lived along the coast and [...]

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Posted in Art, Installations, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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Julia Butterfly Hill

Posted in Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »

“When I entered the majestic cathedral of the redwood forest for the first time my spirit knew it had found what it was searching for. I dropped to my knees and began to cry because I was so overwhelmed by the wisdom, energy and spirituality housed in this holiest of temples.”  — Julia Butterfly Hill

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The tallest living thing on Earth…

Posted in Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Richard Preston is one of the only humans to have climbed Hyperion, a nearly 380-foot redwood tree that is the tallest living thing on Earth. Hyperion was discovered by explorer Michael Taylor while Preston was writing his latest full-length book, The Wild Trees.

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THE GIVING PLANT

Posted in Art, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

MY FATHER AND MOTHER HAVE INSTILLED A LOVE OF PLANTING IN OUR FAMILY. The planting inheritance, a flourishing of the verdurous instinct… But it’s more to the relishing of seeing things grow. And sharing in that growth. My father comes from a planting background, as a farmer. Early on, our family bought a farm, some [...]

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I am the tree!

Posted in Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , on March 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I am the tree… there is no name for me … I am just the tree! My ways are ancient … symbolic of the connections between earth and sky. My roots grow deep into the soil; soil that is all that remains of my ancestors. It is all that remains … of anyone’s ancestors … [...]

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A year in time…

Posted in Trees, tagged , , , , , on March 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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Winter in southern Connecticut

Posted in Trees, tagged , , on March 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The ice and snow and tree combinations were unusually beautiful this year I thought… Maureen Squires lives along the southern Connecticut coastline in Branford where she works as a painter and calligrapher. She sent these beautiful photos which she took last month from her window.

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Walk along the creek

Posted in Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , on March 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

When my sister and I were returning from our beautiful walk along the creek in Sedona, I looked up at the great wisdom tree and it seemed as though its arms were stretched out to hug me!  WOW!  I love this tree! Contributed by Cathy Loffredo, Scottsdale, AZ

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Treewhispers Project: Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China 2010

Posted in Art, Installations, Stories, Trees, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on February 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »

It’s thrilling to see the Treewhispers project growing globally. Rose Camastro-Pritchett recently returned from Jiujiang, China where she implemented the project with her art students—as well as her oral English students. I had the pleasure of hearing the many stories surrounding the project and thought you too would enjoy some of the wonderful photos and [...]

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