ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Recent philosophical writing has speculated as to whether plants and trees might have a form of consciousness and an ability to "communicate" to other "beings" within their species. When I saw these lindens, it wasn’t difficult to accept this notion; that they are driven by an intelligence that involves interaction, co-operation and co-dependency with others of their own. It may be that it was a similar perception of the tree’s intelligence that led to the status it was afforded by early Europeans; references to the linden tree abound in mythology, literature and music, where its many and various virtues are celebrated.

AUTHOR
Born in Bangor, North Wales, Ieuan studied at Central St. Martin’s College of Art and the Royal College of Art, London.

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