tree project

My gingko is asleep. Last month all the leaves turned, finally, and winter crept inside. We're connected; the cycle reaches through us. At first I wondered if..........to read the whole article, please go to http://seanjustice.blogspot.com/2011/02/tree-project-winter.html

   "We're moving through the fall, wondering what the next stage of this small plant's cycle will look like. Watching this Gingko sprout and grow is a metaphor for what I'm doing in my work as a teacher and artist. Autonomy is crucial to this discussion.  Did you do that on purpose, with intent? Or was it an accident. Are we free to make things that can exist in and of themselves? Or does everything we make exist only and forever embedded within a vast net of other things. What is the purpose of making?..........." to read the whole article at  http://seanjustice.blogspot.com/2010/10/tree-project-update.html

"I’m pretty happy with the progress to this point. I’m not looking to the future. I’m just enjoying the moment. Time shifts and flows, and we can only breathe. This is what I feel to be true. In my craggy brain there are memories of a small child playing under an ancient Gingko tree in our home in Seoul. My father used to say that the tree was so old that the young boy emperor played beneath the same tree many hundred years ago. Even then I knew it must be a fable. But I loved the sense of connection and history, and I felt I belonged to something much grander than my tiny troubles with my brothers. Anyway, enough of that. I’m thrilled to see the sprout getting bigger. Thanks for this chance." ---Sean

"Hi Hiroshi! I'm back from Beijing and thrilled to see the trees have survived my absence this time. http://seanjustice.blogspot. com/2010/07/homecoming- surprise.htm Hope you are well." ---Sean

(excerpts from considering pictures | sean justice > open journal ) "I'm up again. Third try. Hiroshi's ginko seeds are in the dirt this week. A favorite project from this past year is Hiroshi Sunairi's Tree Project . I've documented two previous attempts at growing a seed from the hibaku trees in Hiroshima -- the trees that survived the atomic bomb. Unfortunately, both of those attempts ended badly (view those posts by clicking on the keyword "tree project"). But with Hiroshi's encouragement, I'm going for another attempt. This time I've planted ginko seeds." --- Sean Justice To read the whole post at http://seanjustice.blogspot.com/2010/06/ginko-and-hope.html (excerpts from considering pictures | sean justice > open journal ) "Wow — perhaps? — I can't believe there's a sprout already. But here it is. I'm skeptical, however. It might not be a gingko. What is it supposed to look like?" --- S...

Since a picture is worth a thousand words, let's take a look at Sean's very extensive and scientific documentations entitled as "treeproject_emergence" in his flickr site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/29768473@N00/ Also, in his words about the planting the seeds at http://seanjustice.blogspot.com/2009/06/in-earth.html "Hiroshi I've posted some new pictures on my flickr account. Wow, the leaves are so big. The sprout is barely off the dirt but the leaves are huge and gorgeous." ---Sean The persimmon sprout in my window is starting to unravel a long woody structure that has, until now, been curled and hidden beneath the leaves. For quite a while I haven't understood this twisty structure, why it had no leaves, why it was so convoluted, but now its purpose is emerging: I think it's going to be the trunk of the persimmon tree. Even though the sprout barely reaches above the tiny terracotta lip, I can see a tree taking shape. If you've been ...

NYU Photo teacher and photographer, Sean Justice wrote about his planting Hibaku Persimmon seed with extensive photo-documentation. Take a look at his beautiful photos of The Horticultural Society of New York and his refrigerator.........!! His blog is about his thoughts on photography and images. http://seanjustice.blogspot.com/2009/06/tree-project-start.html

Take a look! http://seanjustice.blogspot.com/2009/03/catching-our-breath-together.html