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"Dear Tree, I don't want to be sad, I just am. The explanation is just too far beyond anything."

I found this note in my kids' schoolyard last fall.

miniature trees and landscapes

The Japanese Art of Miniature Trees and Landscapes by Yuji Yoshimura and Giovanna M. Halford, Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1957 (1976)

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The Stump Book, Vancouver Environment Education Project, UBC, in co-operation with the British Columbia Forest Service, 1975

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From God Bless Love: A Collection of Children's Sayings compiled by Nanette Newman, Collins, London, 1972

previously/related

tree shaped

from The Pocket Household Encyclopedia, Pocket Books Inc., NY, 1951

twigs and branches

from Whittling Twigs and Branches by Chris Lubkermann, Fox Chapel Publishing, 2002 (expanded edition combining two of the author's self-published books)

broccoli

Martin Creed's broccoli prints (Work No. 912, acrylic on canvas, 2008 / Work. No. 1000, various paints on card, 1,000 parts, 2009-2010 / Work. No. 815, 7-inch single, 2000) Top images from Martin Creed: Works, Thames and Hudson, NY, 2010, Bottom Martin Creed: Ooh/Fuck Off/Words 7-inch single, produced by David Cunningham, SmartGuy Records/The Sounds of White Columns, 2007

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from The End of August at the Hotel Ozone by Jan Schmidt, 1967

(Thanks Kirill)

In an English forest (part 3)

endpapers from Creative Soft Toy Making by Pamela Peake, Collins Glasgow & London, 1974 (photographs by Ian Atkinson)
(part 1)

(part 2)

flowers, hearts, and double-chairs

birchbark drawings by Neil Farber, 1998.

Ink, watercolour, and some kind of varnish on birchbark (most are around 2X2inches). Happy to find these in the back of a drawer while looking for something else. I think he made these at Paul Cherwick's cabin.

SIGMAR POLKE

Sigmar Polke, Höhere Wesen befehlen (Higher Beings Ordain), 1968

Sigmar Polke (alchemist) 1941-2010

Polski Las

spread from RAPSOD POLSKI by Bronislaw Dostatni and Jerzy Surdykowski, Instytut Wydawniczy, Warsaw, 1975

Shaker Trees

Visions of the Heavenly Sphere: A Study in Shaker Religious Art by Edward Deming Andrews and Faith Andrews, Winterthur Museum, Virginia, 1969.

see also

Another Look: Level A

Another Look (Level A), Mary Ross Townley, Addison-Wesley, 1978. Designed by Patricia Rhodes and Malcolm Grear. More details here.

Summary: A non-reading art awareness program
(Borrowed from the collection of Rob Wakshinski)