Fellow Lithuanian here weighing in re: pagan roots: growing up, my parents ensured we had exposure to the woods outside the city. Romuva (pagan tradition) was often brought up, we were encouraged to touch and listen to trees. I still place my hand on the trees as I walk through forests, close my eyes and listen to them. (Early version of “touch grass”).
Sometimes I see a squirrel in a tree and wholly identify with the squirrel; other times, the tree. Trees are inverted, though. Cognition goes on in the underground neural network (which is Other but still intrinsic to treeness, I feel), they die from the inside out, and their sexual parts are high in the sky. And who can't envy that, sometimes?
Fellow Lithuanian here weighing in re: pagan roots: growing up, my parents ensured we had exposure to the woods outside the city. Romuva (pagan tradition) was often brought up, we were encouraged to touch and listen to trees. I still place my hand on the trees as I walk through forests, close my eyes and listen to them. (Early version of “touch grass”).
Thank you for this reflection. I too feel a close connection to trees!
Sometimes I see a squirrel in a tree and wholly identify with the squirrel; other times, the tree. Trees are inverted, though. Cognition goes on in the underground neural network (which is Other but still intrinsic to treeness, I feel), they die from the inside out, and their sexual parts are high in the sky. And who can't envy that, sometimes?
Treedom of Expression or Tree Speech For Forests.
Perfect!
The same for 'anthropometaphorizing' -- perfect.