Week 6 Review

This week, I found this cool video about sacred trees in India in the stream. It talks about all kinds of different tress and their place in the culture. As someone who really likes plants, this was just neat to watch.




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  1. JillianFebruary 26, 2018 at 9:30 AM

    Wow I love the idea of sacred trees! There's a book series I love by the author, Libba Bray. In that story, there is a tree from which all the power emanates for this magical land. However, someone must live in/give their life up to the tree and control its power. So if a good person in the tree, the tree's power will be used for good. This has really gotten my creative gears turning thinking about how I could use the concept of mystical/sacred trees in my own writing for the course!

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