Te Kauri.

This is a humble tribute to the grand, and magnificient Kauri trees. Endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand, the surviving generation of trees have witnessed this land evolve under various human ethnic groups, while experiencing greater loss because of them. 

This is the closest I have come to experiencing a spitiritual jeda vu; an effect I have only felt in front of the grandeur of the Himalayas. Standing among other giants, I could clearly understand why Maori called the Kauri as the 'lord of the forests'. It displays a god-like formidability and aura with its thick trunk while many ephiphytes take refuge in its glorious ecosystem. It tapers somewhat loosely at the top to thinner branches (unlike other similarly sized trees) almost revealing their sensitive side to us.