Gridlines

21 September 2008
1614
2nd Floor Hatfield Library, Willamette University, Salem, OR

I decided to take a look at nature from a captive point of view, just like we did our first day of class with the star trees. From this vantage point I can see the tops of several trees and stand at eye level with a couple, as for the others all I can see is a shaft of leaves growing vertically through the gridlines of windows. The diversity of trees is amazing and it is interesting to compare the domestic plotted trees of the library with the wild, free-living trees outside. One tree in particular that I am observing stands out brightly against the rusty bricks of a building opposite the library. The leaves of this tree droop with the wight of water after a little rainstorm. Each protrusion on the palmate leaves holds a glimmering orb at the end of its reach. A couple of the branches even seem to droop with the added weight. The branches are like arms and each leaf a hand. A couple grids over I can see the top of a neighboring tree just brushing up against the window its leaves fully submerged in the colors of autumn.