The Real Tree by Zoey

This is a post by Zoey, unfortunately she can't post her blogs on here due to connection errors, but she wanted this up here, so here it is!

"Two pictures of one tree. Both tree's looking exactly the same, as they should, being the same tree.

Picture one, drawn by an artist that has simply thought the tree as something that would look nice as artwork. This artist draws the tree how he see's it. Twisting branches, browning leaves, cute pink flowers and thick, old tree trunk.

Picture two, drawn by the owner of the yard in which the tree grows, who has grown up with the tree there whole life.

Who really paints the tree? The artist who has only seen the tree? Or the artist who has sat beneath it's shade, the one who has smelt it's flowers, crushed it's leaves, felt it's sticky sap on the skin, climbed into it's branches and scraped his shins on it's bark?

Now both of these artists may be very skilled when it comes to their craft; however, the first will paint what everybody sees... but the second will paint what the artist alone can see. And only one, will paint the real tree."