你可曾触摸森林的外衣？

“A tree is a passage between earth and sky.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

此刻的你也许正在用手指和屏幕的接触打开了一扇即将带你触摸“森林外衣”的窗户，透过屏幕，是你那颗饱满的好奇的心灵的“窗户”，希望在这里得到滋润和共振。如果你觉得舒适的话，可以先将双手放在和视线水平的高度，轻轻合十，上下摩擦，再用温暖的双手稍稍拱起至双眼（你那明亮的窗户），注意气息，心底里，“5——，4——，3——，2——，1——”，打开“窗户”，放松并活动手指，现在的你，准备好了吗？

“Trees have long been trying to reach us. But they speak on frequencies too low for people to hear.” ― Richard Powers, The Overstory

提及森林，我们并不陌生，脑海中或多或少都能浮现出那一抹自己心中投射着的“森林的模样”，它也许有着独特的色彩和姿态，或质地柔软如羊毛，或坚硬粗糙，抑或翩翩起舞，可亲爱的朋友，你想象中的那片森林还好吗？在过去的一周，你有“接触”到它的“外衣”吗？

“You and the tree in your backyard come from a common ancestor. A billion and a half years ago, the two of you parted ways. But even now, after an immense journey in separate directions, that tree and you still share a quarter of your genes. . . .”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

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这里的“接触”也许是看到，闻到，触摸到，听到，品尝到…… 它在你的身体里，亦或也在你的心中荡漾着它的花边…… 它的“外衣”兴许当下初出茅庐，很不起眼，却又随着四季的斗转星移变换着数也数不清的迥异造型，还说不定，咦——不经意间某个路过它的一瞬，它那与你招手问好的“臂展”竟忽然明亮了你的“窗户”——哦原来，那“森林的外衣”在和我们做游戏，一场不由我们做主制定规则的游戏……

“No one sees trees. We see fruit, we see nuts, we see wood, we see shade. We see ornaments or pretty fall foliage. Obstacles blocking the road or wrecking the ski slope. Dark, threatening places that must be cleared. We see branches about to crush our roof. We see a cash crop. But trees – trees are invisible.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

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亲爱的你又可曾饶有兴趣地细细观察“森林外衣”的色泽，形状，气味，质地，感觉，声音，味道？或许发现唯有那静静守候着的身影在毫无保留地等待一双脚为它停留……

“Life has a way of talking to the future. It’s called memory. It’s called genes.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

有时候，“森林的外衣”在和你默默的耳语，你可曾听闻它的倾诉？又可曾与它对话、分享你内心深处的独白？

“What you make from a tree should be at least as miraculous as what you cut down.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

可好景不长，我们爱的那片植物森林被“城市森林”的钢筋水泥所湮没了，我们被日新月异没有了光泽的排排围城包裹，一呼一吸间少了“雨后森林外衣”吐露的芬芳，多了用生命筑造却让所有生命彷徨了的“速食森林”外衣——这好比被迫地球母亲穿上一层日渐苍白的灰裳，我们触摸到的还是曾几何时与我们游戏的森林吗？还是让我们“用来游戏”的森林？！

“You can’t come back to something that is gone.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

玫瑰拍摄于帝国大厦 pictures taken at The Empire State Building, NYC, NY 2017

看到这里，你也许对Overstory这本书会很感兴趣，那么我邀请你有空一起读一读，走出去，让我们的身体和心智重新被森林的外衣唤醒，让我们“心灵的窗口”永葆活力，元气满满的回归并享受好每一份“绿色的祝福”和每一个转瞬即逝的临在……

A miraculous read from my journey to environmental humanities and health. The Spirit of trees is constantly telling us stories and hidden Truths our eyes cannot reach. There is no meaning in its form; rather, it’s the experience of what it called life made all living beings unimaginably complex or too often left obscured to be fathomed in the way of Nature and planetary consciousness… ~Rose

“This is not our world with trees in it. It’s a world of trees, where humans have just arrived.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

更有兴趣的伙伴请查看联合国欧洲经济委员会发起的“城中树挑战” (Trees in Cities Challenge) https://treesincities.unece.org/