From the ramifying filaments of microscopic life to the encompassing arms of the mightiest oak trees, these branched networks create a fractal ecology of comforting familiarity.
The repeated shapes are the ineffable latency of life, the spirit of Gaia if you will, manifest as form.
Thus, the Great Spirit is absolutely a visible everyday reality of life here on Earth.
It is not otherworldly, an intangible and aloof deity that needs to be sought through exotic vines and supernatural ritual.
This is simply super nature, inexpressibly and magnificently real, perceived by our Sapient kind as beauty.
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Photo: Cork oak at Las Cabrerizas. Courtesy of the author.