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I have read that the distractions and addictions we play with are the branches and leaves of a tree. The trunk of the tree is called codependence, a ridiculous word with no relationship by meaning to the word that makes it up. The sinister root of the addiction tree is shame. You can look up addiction tree on google and you will find many ads for rehab centers that have the diagram to see. The tree gets a bad rap, I think, even though the metaphor might be useful. Codependence. It's an annoying word. What it tries to convey is that the person who is riddled with and rooted in shame looks outward for some sense of his own worth, which is not forthcoming out there, because it is inherent anyway. Anyway, when that fails, all the shiny leaves start to look good, and are good, for a while. Who knows, maybe they are good for a long time or forever. Let's not judge.
Anyway. Anywho. This is not a post about addiction. Think of something else please.
When I am looking for a vocabulary to describe what I aspire to be, a tree comes to mind. Rooted, connected; growing curiously upward and strong; from a solid footing, playing in the wind.
Neotama mexicana, a tree trunk spider. There are not many of this type of spider in the Americas, so I feel pretty lucky to see one.
This spider hunts in an unusual way. It sits and waits for prey to come near by, then quickly circles it while spraying web with its two very large spinnerets, immobilizing its prey.
This is actually an old watercolour painting I did back in 2001 for a tuition centre. Found it my plastic container during a spring cleaning recently. It was based on a painting in a book and we (friend & I) had to practise on the original painting (wanted to credit the author of the book but sorry, can't remember the name of the book now) to see who could 'imitate' the closest colour and composition of the painting...I must say that this painting really inspired me to spend more time polishing my watercolour skills again...Enjoy!
This trunk was in the basement at my husband's aunt's house. It has a label on in Italian that says that tells where it came from and big writing in pencil with it's owner's name (great uncle) and destination I think the marks on the front are from the ropes one the ship that it came over on. On top is a lead pig that my dad used to melt lead. I keep postcards and stuff in it.
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We had a stop near a public tap near this massive tree trunk. Spacious! Good that the real estate hooligans haven't gotten around to 'developing' inside trees as yet.
Grass Tree, Xanthorrhoea glauca, trunk after fire. Limeburners Creek National Park, NSW Australia, January 2014.