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Upon Seeing a Tree on a New York Street Corner |
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An artist will try to capture its shape and copy it in his brain A naturalist will examine the birds, insects and fungi that symbiotically live with it A scholar of evolution will collect its DNA and find its place on the genealogical tree A mathematician will attempt to solve the algorithm of the division of branches versus leaves and write down the formula A clergyman will look to see God's design and grace in the tree A shaman will try to feel the tree's vibrations and will see their correspondence with the universe A pharmacologist will work to extract the antibacterial chemicals from the tree An ecologist will measure the tree's nitrogen and carbon dioxide fixation capacity Rather than thinking about all these things, I simply gaze at the tree in admiration © 2001 Ryuichi Sakamoto
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