Have you ever walked into a scene filled with emotion and felt that you had intruded? I experienced this today while in Bat Cave, NC. After completing my first Hug, I walked around the area and walked in upon what I saw as a lady-tree in mid-scream and/or shock. I felt she needed a little help getting that across to the general passerby, so I took her on as part of my art project. Thus I found my second Hug.
Hug # 2 is about 20 feet away from Hug #1 and also sits at the bottom of the large monadnock behind her. Her most prominent feature from our first acquaintance was her shocked state, exemplified by her mouth.
Here’s a quick list of what I did to help personify her:
· Mouth: outlined with pink strawberry icing
· Nose: peanut butter covered in popcorn and a marshmallow with a decaying leaf for the nostril
· Eye: whites in vanilla icing, green leaves for iris, black leaves for pupil, sticks for eye liner and a marshmallow
· Earring: pineapple ring, peanut butter and rotini pasta
This tree was a scream (no pun intended!) to personify. However I was disappointed that I was not able to accentuate her more by adding hair or an eyebrow. Sadly I am not tall enough and was unable to reach any higher than her eye. However, I am quite proud that I am able to show by working with Hug # 2 that there does exist tree personalities that are not necessarily complacent. I hope that there are many more Hugs to come that also show the great diversity there is in a forest!
Signing off!
-Krista the Tree hugger
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