*Note: To provide some context, there are large trees outside the on-campus restaurant Moreton Fig. The informant is passing along a rumor popular within the USC community that the Moreton Fig trees were donated by Hitler. INFORMANT: “I first heard this when I was a freshman in Parkside. It’s one of those things where if… Continue Reading »
“Look for the tree among the leaves.” The informant takes this expression from her father, for whom she has the utmost respect. “It’s probably the most meaningful piece of wisdom my dad has ever given me. I’m not sure where he got it, and frankly, I don’t care. For me, it shows me how well… Continue Reading »
Text: “I think I shall never see a poem as pretty as tree.” Background: My informant heard this quote from his aunt when he was 10, randomly. He thinks that it means that nature can do amazing things, and people can never make thing as nice. He said that it’s probably a “hippie thing”. He… Continue Reading »
Item: “I think he got away on a kayak or something? Haha I have no clue how it got to that point but I know he disappeared, I think maybe someone helped him.” There existed a tree off the coast of Vancouver that was considered sacred and highly meaningful to natives to the region (the… Continue Reading »
Growing up there were a lot of hills all around our home and neighborhood wherever you looked. You could also see hills way out in the distance on the bus to and from elementary school. There was this one tree on one of the hills that was way, way the farthest away. It came up… Continue Reading »