Using a device called Plants Play I have been recording old growth trees throughout the Pacific Northwest for years. This recording is from a majestic 1500 year old 'mother' cedar tree in an undisturbed forest in BC, Canada. I continue to be amazed at how harmoniously some trees sing when they are part of a forest. We can listen to our electrical heartbeats using an EKG, just like we can hear trees singing when they are healthy and resilient.
Footage from video of Capitol Forest group improv dance was created for a visual backdrop for an indoor performance. The dancers moved in both clearcut and, as you can tell in this clip, in structurally complex forest. The film was the backdrop for the audience depicting the distinct difference between the shrieking tree stump song versus the harmonious legacy trees singing to while Department of Natural Resources testimonies played.
Alice Grendon dances surrounded by Cedar Trees in 2022.
Alice wrote, "In early September I got the opportunity to do a duet with cedar tree in Squaxin Park, Olympia as part of a longer event called "For the Love of Trees" put on by a local non-profit Restoring Earth Connection. This duet was made possible by a fellow local artist Julie Ratner who uses a device that translates the electromagnetic frequency from plants into musical notes. The sensors, similar to those used for an EKG, are hooked up to the cedar tree to the right in the video and the tree is "singing" for us live as I am dancing to her song."
Just like human skin scars and wrinkles over time tree bark does too. As animals, insects and humans share the forest there are many visual clues about the life of each tree. Branches break from lightening or wind and scars cover the wounds. Sometimes faces emerge! Please join other people around the globe who send me tree face photos for my archive at julie@walkaboutwithjulie.com! Many more images on my YouTube channel.
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