I just listened to the recording of class 2 which was so wonderful.

One of the things that really clicked with me is that the tree is a spiral if looked at from top down or bottom up and I wanted to share some images from the internet.

I thought first about Georgia O’Keefe’s painting of The Lawrence Tree seen at this link along with a picture of the actual tree:

http://www.emeraldtraveler.com/emerald-traveler/2012/10/23/my-favorite-american-artist-is-a-lover-of-faraway-places

The tree has a kind of spiral feeling to me.

Here’s a link that talks about the correct way to display The Lawrence Tree in case you’re interested. I guess it’s often shown upside down!

http://www.emeraldtraveler.com/emerald-traveler/2012/10/23/my-favorite-american-artist-is-a-lover-of-faraway-places

This link shows Gustav’s Klimt’s painting of the Tree of Life. What I love most about this link is that the person who wrote it teaches kindergarten and had her kids paint trees with gold paint on brown paper after she showed them Gustav Klimt’s painting of the Tree of Life. After they painted the trees they decorated them. They are quite wonderful. For me they have a feeling that is primitive, alchemical, and magical. And they are so filled with energy and life. I’d like to have some (or all) of these paintings to hang in my house.

https://hannahsartclub.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/gustavs-golden-spiral-tree/

Finally, here’s a sketch of the Home Tree Spiral from the movie Avatar:

http://james-camerons-avatar.wikia.com/wiki/File:HomeTree_Spiral_v002.jpg