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“I'm aware of your entangled arms, legs and limbs
shooting out in all directions….I notice the graceful
bend in your branches.”
“When you get close up to the group, you
can see how they grow very close together.”
“The trees live in beautiful sunlight from one angle
and in darkness from another when the sun doesn’t shine.”
“At the base of the trees I felt disturbed, damp, cold and
unsettled. I felt my ‘fight or flight’ urge kick in. I wanted to leave
immediately, however my son and husband became even more
intrigued with their surroundings and encouraged me to stay and
ponder a little while longer. I acknowledged the need to turn off my
predictive brain and just be in the moment with the trees.”
“How can something so beautiful on the
surface, be so sinister at its roots?”
“The tree had a smell of freshness. But musty freshness.”
Where to start? Coming~to~know something can seem too big a task. There are many places to start. As one
teacher~researcher wrote, “I sat quietly under her and observed… I sat quietly under her and felt…”
Teacher~researchers come~to~know from a place of silence, noticing, stillness. This is not necessarily an easy
task.
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