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The mystery of the Crooked Forest
The Crooked Forest is as strange as it is beautiful. Growing in Poland, just outside of Nowe Czarnowo, there’s some 400 weirdly bent trees. These photographs from Kilian Schönberger reveal the alien trees. No one is quite sure how – or why – these trees are bent like this. People may have persuaded them to […]
This is amazing: a living, breathing church grown from trees
Whether you’re a fan of organised religion or of garden supplies this living, breathing and beautiful church grown from trees and planets in New Zealand should appeal. The coverage is simple, but will get better with time and the landscape is stunning. Could there be a better place to think and contemplate the bigger picture? […]
The floating tree illusion
Okay, although you can see the wrinkles this illusion is simple and surprisingly effective. It was created by spraying paint onto foil and then wrapped around a tree outside Potsdam. The painting was done by Daniel Siering and Mario Shu. In Pure Spirit Do you have any favourite illusion videos on YouTube? Why not share […]
Tree spirit carvings
Have you noticed the Weirwood in Game of Thrones? These are the trees with white bark, blood coloured leaves and heart trees are a type of Weirwood that have had a face carved in them. Artist Keith Jennings carves his own trees. He calls the project “Tree Spirits”. In Pure Spirit What do you think […]
The science: this is how trees survive the winter
There are some awfully cute trees in this video from Minute Earth. Cute trees and some handy knowledge about different types of trees. Watching this animation might make you think about a similar program from Minute Physics that talks about the difference between evolution and natural selection. Trees evolved to survive in the winter. In […]
Short film: Baobab
Directed by Nicolas Loesner, Anaelle Moreau, Marina Steck, Simon Torani and Benjamin Tron, Boabab tells the story of man’s arrival at the primordial forest at the beginning of the world in Madagascar. It’s a story as worrying as you would expect but, at least, with a glimmer of hope. In Pure Spirit What do you […]
Gods and spirits projected onto trees
The Cambodian Trees project uses digital projection to bring deities and spirits from Cambodian culture to life as an overlay on urban trees. The projected spirits are the work of the French artist Clement Briend. He notes; It’s a beautiful surprise when the projected spirits awaken and reveal themselves at night as though they are […]
Spirit in the trees
This is one picture from a collection of photographs showing a remarkable tree cut. It was taken by Daniel Morgan, who lives in San Francisco, and wrote on this blog; Has anyone seen anything like this in tree cuts? I was pretty freaked. The first lady may resemble my mom if I squint. Perhaps her […]
The chilling beauty of frozen trees on the shore
These fantastic photographs of frozen trees on the shores of Lake Ontario are the work of Timothy Corbin. You can see more at his Flickr account. Corbin was born in Trinidad but now lives in East Ontario, Canada and avoids protraits and wedding photography in favour of landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes as well as cars. With […]
