The Way Trees Grow

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My elementary school art teacher didn’t like my trees.

The drawing I had been working on was of a whole forest of them – with trunks that were bent and twisted all different directions.

“Trees grow straight up and down,” she criticized. “Not like that.” She made me start my drawing over.

I remembered this while I was hiking recently.

And I wanted to laugh every time I passed yet another example of nature showing that I had been correct all along.

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3 Replies to “The Way Trees Grow”

Mali says:

January 3, 2018 at 6:12 pm

I love this! My favourite trees – pohutukawa – are all twisty and don’t go straight up and down at all. Where did the teacher grow up, somewhere without trees?

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Shail says:

January 3, 2018 at 10:34 am

I love trees and I love your collection here. Now I’ll also laugh each time I walk by a tree that’s not growing ‘straight up and down’ :D

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Jess says:

January 1, 2018 at 7:57 pm

SO MUCH LOVE for this. Imagine what it says about the narrowness of that teacher’s life. What on earth… I love all the twistiness of real trees. Never saw a perfectly straight, up and down one in my life. Even redwoods aren’t perfectly straight! Gorgeous photos. Twisty and curved things are far more interesting.

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