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| Eight trees on Governors Parkway Photograph by Tom Atwood |
There is a sacred 13th Century ink painting by Buddhist monk Mu Ch'i known simply as "Six Persimmons." I think about that painting sometimes when I drive past these eight trees, planted as ornamental landscaping on Governors Parkway. Mu Ch'i's painting is revered by Zen masters for its simple, perfect composition, representing the stages of enlightenment. Maybe these eight trees are revered by state highway engineers who bulldozed their way through Edwardsville several years ago to link up with Interstate 55? To me, they represent all the trees that were knocked down to build the road. (Here's a link to the Mu Ch'i painting: http://www.indiana.edu/~ealc100/00muqi_6pers.jpg)
Shutter: 1/50; Aperture: f/4; ISO: 100; Focal length: 18 mm
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