TREES

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A group devoted to the art of trees: free medium. Without trees the world would be dead and a place of disaster. With trees the world can tackle global warming. Hug a tree and you hug the earth, you hug yourself and your neighbors. Without trees, no love!

Without love, no trees.

A sequel to the mail art project SIGNS and STONES and TREES (of 1998).

Guido Vermeulen started this group. After his death the IUOMA members keep it alive with posting photos and drawings of TREES in memory of Guido.

Location: Worldwide, global
Members: 233
Latest Activity: Apr 23

THE MAGIC OF TREES

Dear Guido,

I love trees!

Trees are so good to us, giving us oxygen to breathe, cleaning our water, providing shade in their life and shelter in their death.

They give us this paper, the pencil I write words with, and the envelope I painted.

Trees are magical, like all plants, magical little things that grow into magical big thins that are essential to so many of us other magical life forms in this amazing, magical universe.

TREES ARE MAGIC.

When I am with trees, big and small, I wonder like a child.

I know the scientific explanations of their life cycles and the processes of their doings.

I have even listened to trees as recorded by a hydrophone as their cells thirsted for water.

Still, no amount of knowledge can evaporate the mist of awe and wonder I feel in the presence of trees.

Trees are our kindred.

They, too, are born to live. And born to die.

In between they are silent witnesses to the magic of the universe.

Happy Earth Day,

Sarah Jo Pender, USA

From the Indiana Women’s Prison

April 2012

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Trees. 2 Replies

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Started by Judith Dagan. Last reply by Judy Skolnick Oct 22, 2022.

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Started by Bonniediva. Last reply by Jan Hodgman May 16, 2019.

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Started by Lisa M Perez Nov 27, 2017.

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In park

Started by Lisa M Perez Nov 27, 2017.

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Comment by Bruno Chiarlone on December 10, 2011 at 3:16pm

Comment by Bruno Chiarlone on December 10, 2011 at 3:15pm

Comment by TIZIANA BARACCHI on December 10, 2011 at 1:51pm: A FLUXUS TREE.

Comment by TIZIANA BARACCHI on December 10, 2011 at 1:49pm: THE TREE OF POETRY by night.

Comment by laurence gillot on December 10, 2011 at 12:40am: Trees for Guido. Realized this night !

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on December 10, 2011 at 12:36am: What a great idea, Guido, thanks, dank!
Also I love trees a lot, because of their beauty and impressiveness, and because of the fact they are good for our health and they give home to so many other creatures.
Great to see so many beautiful Tree pictures here!

Alas close to our house many trees were cut down.
One piece of mail art I made because of this sad fact is the Mona Triste (sent to the gallery of "E").

And my wondering why so little people then resisted this cruel act I turned into this stamp design:

A few more trees sent and received are shown here, and thanks to Rachel Freeman's post I learned to know the Lorax. The Lorax who had spoken for the trees (here part 2) and who shows us now that in all these decades after, we people still haven't learnt that trees, nature, are so much more important for the well-being of us all (and of our descendants) than many things we 'think' important but which in fact are spoiling our earth...

Comment by Kerri Pullo on December 9, 2011 at 11:14pm: Lisa...that is so beautiful...the colors! I so miss the trees change of colors!!!

Comment by Kerri Pullo on December 9, 2011 at 10:47pm: Mount Lemmon, AZ

Comment by Nancy Bell Scott on December 9, 2011 at 10:01pm: Thanks, we spent a lot of time among them that weekend, and it does feel like a magical spot. Even the deer, rabbits, birds, and moles think so; they hung out with us.

Comment by Neil Gordon on December 9, 2011 at 9:49pm: Nancy! Those are magical-asemic trees!

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