[Countyline]

Trees ... to be in a forest is quite an experience. Primal and such quiet. Entering a glade is idyllic, in the deep shade it is a bit ominous, ... in the presence of old trees the forest has the majesty of a sacred place, its silence is magnified and its own sounds are as well. Man is dwarfed in the presence of trees. I love to hike for an hour or so and then my inner yearning says ... "turn around and leave now". I am much more comfortable if there are others with me for companionship.

Perhaps trees are a perfect metaphor for our subconscious projections ... at once majestic and threatening. What do you think?

[HairOfTheDog]

I think forests are bigger than we are, older, stronger, and things dwell there that are better designed to live there than we are. We are low-man on the totem pole in the woods, and the critters and woods have the advantage. That bothers some folk. Not me, my horse always knows the way home. I am the passenger of a companion that is my better in that department.

[sweetliberty]

"Perhaps trees are a perfect metaphor for our subconscious projections ... at once majestic and threatening. What do you think?"

I think that's a very good way to describe it.