This painting is inspired by the Japanese precept, trees are sacred. The rope tied around the trunk is called shimenawa, which serves as a symbolic boundary between the divine and human worlds.
The herbicide glyphosate has wrought environmental havoc and trees are being destroyed at unprecedented rates. Roundup, sprayed over hundreds of thousands of forest acres by private timber companies and the USFS, is devastating all woodland groves, leafy plants, shrubs, wildlife, and creatures great and small
The Trump Administration just issued an executive order to increase the US production of glyphosate-based herbicides. His deep ties to Bayer AG, including personnel overlap and extensive lobbying, has resulted in major policy victories. The Supreme Court voted 7-2 to protect Monsanto/Bayer against billions of dollars in cancer liability and state-level lawsuits tied to Round Up.
Their “goal” is to eliminate all other forest life that would take away nutrients from the replanted conifers, which can tolerate the chemical onslaught. This practice is employed by logging companies and forest management agencies to promote timber production. This carcinogen is detrimental to all life.
