Trees, Trees, Transformational Trees

Are you a tree hugger?  Have you ever tried it?  Trust me, it’s transformational.

The next time you’re feeling frenzied, worried, or stressed, hug a tree.  They have the amazing ability to suck that right out of you.  Just visualize your troubles being shot right down, deep into the ground, where that negativity gets transformed into something useful.

Trees also appreciate it when we give them our love and attention. Next time you walk among these standing people, tune in to see if any are calling for your healing hands, gratitude, or simple greeting.

Like with any relationship, a little mutual caring, or give and take, works best.

Trees are so beautiful in all seasons.  I’m equally drawn to their spendour when they’re bare of leaves as when they’re in full bloom or radiantly green.

They’re always true to their nature, never aspiring to be anything else than present in the moment. What great teachers.

Believe it or not, it snowed here last week in St. John’s.  Yes, it’s May, but weather does what weather does. I don’t mind. It simply is.

We also had a couple of sunny days, when I went walking without my jacket, hat, and gloves. I’ll admit, that was great!

I’ve started taking my neighbour’s dogs out for walks – a true win-win. They motivate me to leave my computer and connect to nature on the nearby trails.

I have yet to see a bud on a tree, but it’s exciting to know that the treedom is waking up. After a long and necessary dormant phase, they’ll soon be singing again.

As you know, I often paint trees.

“On the Forest Floor” – 12″ x 36″ – Acrylics, tar gel, gold and pearl mica, stone, on gallery-wrapped canvas (no framing necessary) – $845

Well, I spent a whole day this weekend choosing and editing photographs for my Treedom Photography Collection that I’ll soon be adding to my online shop.  They’ll be available as prints on canvas, fine art paper, and metallic paper. Can you imagine some of these as large canvases in your home or office?

I may not have been walking through the forest this weekend, but I sure felt the transformational power of trees through these photographs.

I look forward to helping bring that energy within the concrete walls of cities everywhere.

Not surprisingly, many have been inspired by trees.

I also created a series of inspirational image slides this weekend with quotes from other tree-huggers (I’m assuming). I’ll be sharing one a day on Facebook in June.  

With Facebook’s new algorithm, however, it’s important to Like, Share, and Comment for these to regularly show up in your News Feed. Out of my nearly 700 fans, only about 30 get my posts.

Until then, I’d love to hear from you in the discussion below.  Do you have any uplifting tree-hugging stories?  What do trees symbolize for you?