Nox: A Deciduous Affair
December 3rd 2018 Hey world. In my garden there is a beautiful, inspirational tree. This tree, whom I have named Nox, is very special to me. Those of you who have read some of my earlier posts will be aware that I am a huge dendrophile, and adore anything with leaves. Trees, to me are incredibly spiratual things what are so much more than wood and sap. Trees capture and store excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and give off oxygen, giving us air to breathe. They regulate the climate, filter water, provide foods, medicines and provide habitats for countless living creatures. Trees are the lungs of the earth and are a fundamental part of our environment that allows us to survive. The poet Khalil Gibran shows how fatuous our attempts to make art appear beside nature: “ Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky. We fell them down and turn them into paper, so that we may record our emptiness.” Trees have a lot of symbolism and philosophy to them as well. They have appeared in mythol...