It did look prettier further in, the wavering green and black lines of the trees matching their sturdy frames above, so I trod water for a bit, absorbing it all.
The house begins to crumble; the lines of the trees and garden outside become dimmer, foggier, less and less there.
If chimpanzees were a genetic mix, resulting from repeated interbreeding between gorillas and humans, it would be odd to represent their evolution by one branch leading off the human line of the tree.
The connecting lines (branches of the tree) illustrate how similar two diseases are.
Start the trench just outside the drip line of the trees – the farthest point the leaves grow to.
The main entry to Kahn's museum is a perfect sequence of outdoor spaces: the few shallow steps up from the lawn, the lines of oak trees, the twin arcades fronted by narrow reflecting pools.
Now, Mr. Dougherty looked for the silver lining in the death of the tree.
To find the drip line, measure the circumference of the tree and divide by 2. Mark this distance from the base of the trunk in all directions.
From Terrence Malick, the acclaimed director of such classic films as BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN and THE THIN RED LINE, THE TREE OF LIFE is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950's.
