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The Thinking Treeby `gilad

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What is life? Is life happens just when somebody else know about it? I mean, if nobody knows you're there, you might as well not be there, or even be dead. Am I right?
People search for the perfect life all around the world, but I know better. I was just thinking that there is an old Chinese saying that tells that if you stand long enough in one place, the whole world will pass you by. I know he said it because he said that while standing in my shade. I remember I thought it would be great if it was true. I could really "see the world". A few hundred years later I can tell you that if all I've seen is what this world has to offer, the world must be a sad place. Seasons change, Rain and then sun and again. Night becomes day and day becomes night again. Birds fly, land, take a crap, fly again. Sometimes a Jeep drives by leaving a cloud of dust. Hundreds of years that I'm here and now I understand that the old Chinese was just trying to be nice, and give me hopes for an interesting future, but sometimes a tree is just a tree. The less thinking I do, the better the time I have. Because, after all, what is time....


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North of the Negev, Israel
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Critique by ~CallMeNancy May 2, 2009, 7:40:32 AM
Your words set your piece above the rest in an otherwise tranquil setting. I see you. I appreciate you. Trees are beautiful and so are you. The clouds are like giant puffy marshmellows in the sky. They would melt in my mouth. The wise tree and the clouds bring life to an otherwise rather desolate territory. I have actually wanted to ask a tree, what it would say, if it could talk. They are one of few creations that live centuries. I can't think of a thing, I would change about your work. If you've read "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy," you would know the meaning of life is "42." The book is so much better than the movie.
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Critique by !Cyantre May 1, 2009, 10:07:31 AM
The title is extremely clever, and it brings a whole new perspective to this photograph. It is very easy to imagine the clouds as thought bubbles.

The touch-up from the original photo really brings out the contrast between the ground and the sky. The earth tones towards the bottom-right corner of the photo also add a bit of texture to the ground which works really well against the color of the sky.

For some reason the tree being on a hill brings a certain amount of charm to this piece. It seems that everything came together to make this piece truly fantastic.
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Mood: Love =a-strange-loop Apr 18, 2013  Professional Photographer
Hello Gilad... I have lost touch with DA for quite some time now ... I used to love seeing your photographs here and I am glad that it was your work that has pulled me back to DA.
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*SomeRandomMinion Apr 18, 2013
Ha, perfect set-up!
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~deviatedone Apr 18, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Aaahhh! I see what you did there.
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~RelativelyExtreme Apr 18, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Too perfect :) nicely done.
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Mood: Wow! ~paulio Feb 23, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Really love this shot!!!
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Mood: Optimism *STEFFIE1 Sep 23, 2012  Professional General Artist
My feeling after browsing your gallery on the whole is your creative and philosophical mind and a feeling heart are impressive. Nice works.
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Mood: Wow! ~elminino Aug 20, 2012
classic
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~pencilartistjohnjohn Jul 17, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
beautiful..
can i please use this as a reference?
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~rebel-brat Jan 18, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
hi. i hope you don't mind but i've featured this on my blog, lessonsofsummer.com
i've set a click through link on this so that when someone clicks this picture on my blog, it redirects them here instead. (:
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