Treeline: The Secret Life of Trees | Patagonia Films

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  @annienelson527 · 5 years ago

  I was speaking with a friend recently about the connection I feel to nature having done two long-distance backpacking trips, the last one 5 months long. I told him that I feel a connection to the forest now that I think will shape the rest of my life. It took me some courage to utter the words, "I can feel the trees now." I felt immediate embarrassment knowing how people with mainstream western American ideas about nature would dismiss me. But I said it because it's true. To hear so many others speak of the Kodama, that trees are connected through a vast network, of mother trees... well, this movie helped me give myself the final permission I needed to fully embrace what the trees are teaching me.

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  @christopherreid8903 · 5 years ago

  The most spiritually touching film I have ever seen, stunning Thank you

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  @ulrika1601 · 5 years ago

  Beautiful! I was born on the edge of the forest and trees were my first friends. Any culture pulling away too far from nature is doomed, soon or later. We should always treat nature with respect and kindness. And therefore learn and understand the enormous gift we are surrounded with and take for granted.

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  @traviseliotyoga · 5 years ago

  Stunning film...brought tears to me eyes...loved the message, poetry, visuals, music and sound...it's rare that a short film moves you in such a deep way...thank you Jordan Manley and Patagonia for this beautiful piece of art!!!

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• PE

  @peterspellman9377 · 4 years ago

  Authors like Herman Hesse and JRR Tolkien showed me there is more to trees than meets the eye. This film helped take this precious knowledge to an even deeper level of appreciation. Thank you.

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  @reggiebald2830 · 4 years ago

  If I were a Nobel Prized poet I could not express anymore beautifully than what this film says of trees. <br>Thank you Patagonia and everyone who was involved in the making of this masterful piece of art. I&apos;m truly thankful!

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  @JoeySmallwood3 · 7 years ago

  Five minutes into watching this film, I realized it was the best film I will ever see. I mean, maybe I will see a better one but I&apos;m not holding my breath. I immediately watched this film twice, not just because it is filmed in BC, where I fell in love with trees. Also, because there is uphill and downhill powderskiing in huge amounts. For me, amazing.

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• KI

  @kimjones217 · 2 years ago

  When I was walking through the woods in Australia back in the 70&apos;s I felt one big lovely tree calling to me and I walked towards it feeling a deep connection. I put my arms around it and felt myself being invited inside and I let myself go and for brief moments I felt that I was the tree and could feel the sun on my leaves and a slight breeze and I could see for miles, the moment I hesitated with doubt I was gently let go. Trees have spirits and are kind and loving. Nature has always been the love of my life.

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  @AnthonyLiccione · 5 years ago

  &quot;We stood like two trees beside, intertwined into one. And when the winds blew against us, we would laugh at it, as leaves clapping hands to our strength. Always day. We had all the stars, but no sky to hang them onto. We were brave, but not strong. Bare, but not skeleton. We had song, but no dance. Time slipped as a blessed curse. We knew the pennies were slipping from our pockets, and we left them there on the ground as worthless cents. In wordless sense, we finally found our darkness, but the stars had all faded by then.&quot;

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  @stevenalbertwood9090 · 3 years ago

  Thank you Patagonia from a tree lover, farmer and skier.

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  @kenhill9061 · 4 years ago

  This is a magnificent, beautiful and powerful film. How appropriate that this was recommended on Thanksgiving Day. May the teachings of these ancient companions find room in our hearts. May we find contentment in collaboration with such greatness. May this message spread far and wide.

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• PE

  @petermerchant · 7 years ago (edited)

  Beautiful film about these wondrous trees and how they communicate - &nbsp;and about some of the people around the world who don&apos;t just ski through these special old growth forests - they feel real connection to them. To learn that bristlecone pines live for 5,000 years and have been on the earth for 70 million years as a species is extraordinary. Death is but a transfer of energy in a forest. Find your own tree. The soundtrack and cinematography here is fabulous, but the ideas are just as wonderful if not more so.

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