Tree metaphor

from /villagepump/2024/09/18

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• [/rashitamemo/trunk/branch/leaf model](https://scrapbox.io/rashitamemo/trunk/branch/leaf model), interesting!

  • [/sta/root trunk branches and leaves](https://scrapbox.io/sta/root trunk branches and leaves) (konkan shiyo) and name it Dashi.

• Interesting> root (of a tooth, hair, etc.)

  • What you see when you look at a large tree is only the above-ground part, but it actually has more roots underground than that.
  • If you grow only the visible part of the plant with poor roots, it will fall unsupported during a typhoon.
    • Image about [trying to make oneself look bigger
  • sucks nourishment from roots - Image of [information gathering

• Also think about leaf.

  • (if not evergreen)leaves fall off every year.
  • But it’s not “let’s stop putting leaves on it because it’s pointless because it’s going to disperse.”
    • Even if it disperses, in the meantime, photosynthesis will provide nourishment to extend the branches. - The sustenance of growth.
    • This is a leaf is an individual and the trunk is a civilized feeling - The body is a cache.

• Is it the fruit that matters, the trunk, or the roots?

  • I think what’s important from a big tree perspective is the root.
  • I guess the fruit is important from the perspective of the surrounding different species of creatures that enjoy eating the fruit.
    • When a branch is broken or needs strength to recover, it does not bear fruit.
    • If by not bearing fruit, an animal that was expecting fruit dies, it is not a matter of choice - self-responsibility - Atlas, who happens to be able to afford it, is propping up the celestial sphere.
      • They don’t bear fruit for the animals to eat.
        • Not self-sacrificing altruism.
          • sharing with others what has been given to you
          • share the overflow
            • Doujinshi is sharing
      • Here I’m emotionally attached to trees.
  • Tourists see a big trunk and say wow, but it’s just a pipe that sucks water from the roots and carries it to the leaves.

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