art; fine art; tree; Christmas; flocked; fake; snow; artificial; space; large; huge

Trees hold their own in the world. They take in our carbon dioxide and in return they put oxygen in our air. Growing Christmas trees as a renewable crop will deplete the soil of its fertile nutrients. Then out come the chemicals to renew the earth’s natural, but now depleted state. To avoid this, I buy a citrus fruit tree that grows its own ornaments and can provide me with many years of fruit. I went out last night to a very large Christmas tree lot with 100s of sizes, and many different species. It was cold and rainy. The flocking area was vacant except for this eighteen footer propped up and flocked. It reminded me of a shipwreck due to its abstract monolithic shape. Its trunk was almost two feet in diameter. Plants have been known to respond to human intentions and thoughts. I always wonder what these trees think and even if they dream. I changed the color version of this image to black and white with a bit of sepia. It looked better and added to the empty atmosphere of the space.