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Life lesson from a twisted tree

"The twisted tree lives its life, while the right tree ends up as planks." "... paraphrased from the Book of Chuang Tzu, the second major text of Taoism. Taoism is a critique of the more mainstream ideals of Confucianism. In the original text the twisted tree story has less to do with “individualism” and more to do with Taoism’s rejection of duality. The twisted tree is so useless that it’s useful, because it’s the only tree left to offer shade after all the others are cut down. Ergo, the…

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This bristlecone is down to two strips of bark, one on each side of the tree. Edmund Schulman called them "life lines". Weird Trees, Bristlecone Pine, Twisted Tree, Amazing Trees, Magical Tree, Great Basin, Fall Trees, Prim Christmas, Giant Tree
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but there s life in the old dame yet

There is an awesome beauty in old age, in the broken and twisted forms that record a long tough time on earth, and in the life that goes on in spite of it all. Great Basin bristlecone pine, Pinus longaeva; White Mountains, California. This tree started its life around four thousand years ago, when fortuitous circumstances allowed a tiny seed to germinate and become established amid calcareous rock fragments, little moisture, and scant nutrient-poor soil. Young bristlecones on harsh sites…

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Methuselah Tree in California, USA | Sygic Travel Driftwood Decor Ideas, Bristlecone Pine Tree, Most Beautiful Trees, Tree Reference, General Sherman, Weird Trees, Bristlecone Pine, Yakushima, Travel New Mexico
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Methuselah Tree in Inyo County, California

Methuselah is a 4,849-year-old Great Basin bristlecone pine tree growing high in the White Mountains of Inyo County in eastern California. For many years it was thought to be the world's oldest known living non-clonal organism, until it was superseded in 2012 by the discovery of another bristlecone pine in the same area with an age of 5,066 years.

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