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Getting very inspired (as usual) visiting me'ol friend Janicke Schønning (@miss.schonning ) and seeing her elemental, seasonally changing forest studio on outskirts of Oslo. She works here all year round - when she's knee deep in snow through to when the deer stamped past on heat. I want one of her slug paintings. It shall come to pass. Is Janicke in my book? Corse she is. www.janickeschonning.net #forestart #ink #norwayforest #collaboratingwithnature #forestpainting

#Utopiantransport #thetrain #foresttattoo

On the way to a funeral we stopped for a walk in the forest... . There: a big house made of sticks and spruce needles.. . Me : They're knackered aren't they? They're absolutely knackered. @magnawsm : They're ready to sleep the whole winter through. Just like us. Much, much like us. I do at least. . #ants #antidepressants #norwayforest

Retouching (coz it got damaged) and framing my mum's Trafalgar Square tree print for her birthday (with some extra fancy 3D jiggery-pokery I've developed for these prints not seen here- but it's good). Pretty happy with the result. Cool. Happy birthday ma. Where would I be without a mum (or a dad)? #treeprint #treerings #vividcolors

Now is the time. Now is the season. Collect the seeds and nuts for next year's forest planting.... Trespassing for the nut planting harvest... #respondtoclimatechamge #plantaforest #ipcc

You know tha big news from them scientists about climate change. #welcometoreality . Thought I'd try planting a forest as a response. . #chestnut #treeplanting #climatehope #plantaforest

I designed this logo for @turnednativeuk who turn native tree wood and produce beautiful jewellery, lamps, other... All the pieces have a story and rooted in folk law / mythology. . Oh bollox - Yeah. It's too early to say the word Christmas but it is coming up and yeah.... The Turned Native shop opens in a couple of days. www.turnednative.com

Read (some of) my book... . Aware of Dark Mountain? If not I highly recommend reading their manifesto. . https://dark-mountain.net/about/manifesto/ . Dark Mountain has been running a series on trees this month and I was asked to produce a few entries for it. My offering can now be read on their blog like a sneak preview of what I’ve been up to – woaah. . https://dark-mountain.net/art-of-climbing-trees/ Matrix tree number _ _ _ (I'll fill that in later) from my adventure.

Last week I had the joy of meeting Manu again and climbing the same tree together 8 years later. I haven't seen him since. . We listened back to our conversation that I recorded in the tree 8 years ago. Manu said he found it hard to identify with his old self - the old Manu was a bit alien. . I was going to include his ideas for a tree design but I think this entry will now be about how we perceive change... maybe both. . Tree 72 - with Manu MacTaggart (8-years-old / 16-years-old). 2010 and 2018. . . . #thenandnow #boystomen #treeclimbing #growingup #trees🌲 #tree #superman #superheroes #weymouthpine #changemymind

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