Delighted to begin with our very first Tree Story on Video from Yvette Stride who lives in North Beijing。
This was originally published on niamhcunningham.com in April 2021
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Yvette’s words
Hi my name is Yvette Stride and this is my tree story .
My tree lives on the banks of a canal in Shunni near where I live ..in Beijing .
And this is my tree.
What I love about this tree is the empty tendrils that you can see,
The way they hold the rain like tear drops after a storm.
It reminds me of the joys and pains of life, regeneration, healing after suffering
And all that we are, to make ourselves ourselves in this life, all that we experience.
And that is my tree story.
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Yvette Stride next to her Tree
Open Call for your tree story on video
Memory Palace of Tree Stories is a socio-ecological art practice which invites you to tell a story or share information about trees . It is a creative-led social enquiry of how we can live well for both personal and collective wellbeing. Your story can be any kind of tree story , a personal tree story, an ecological tree story , an environmental tree story, an historical tree story or even a botanical tree story. I do hope you can contribute a comment on how we can live better with the greater community of life.
The year 2023 we continue to gather your stories in the form of one minute videos and we are really looking forward to hearing your tree story . I can be contacted directly on this platform or on the contact page on this website.
Niamh Cunningham