Want more Lord of the Rings quotes? Check these out: However, he still managed to make an impression – it’s not every day you see a talking tree start walking around! We love Treebeard, so we’ve rounded up all his best lines here today, so you can also enjoy reading the wisdom of the Ents. But for more info on the walking tree you will need to read the books very closely as he only appeared shortly in the film versions. We know he is an Ent, also known as a tree-shepherd or tree-herder, and that he is very old. In Pacific Northwest Coast stories, tricksters are the ones who take on a job that no one else will, often leading to change, and Mark considers his art to be trickster art because he is an environmentalist who sees the way we are treating the earth as wrong and uses art as a form of environmental and cultural education.Treebeard is an interesting character in the Lord of the Rings, but a rather mysterious one. Understanding that traditional First Nation’s art and storytelling was the original form of environmental education Mark starting mixing culture with more modern environmental programing with T’Sou-ke and now continues this work with other tribes. For the past ten years mark has been involved in Coast Salish Culture with participating in drumming, language programs and Tribal Canoe Journeys, as well as researching traditional art and storytelling. Mark worked as an environmental scientist for many years for his tribe T’Sou-ke where he was involved mapping of endangered species and gathering traditional ecological knowledge on traditional uses of native plants for food and medicine. Mark uses a wide range of mediums in his art, including: paint and canvas, glass acid etching, drum making, wood carving, photography and digital art. T’Sou-ke shares art and culture with the two different tribal groups. T’Sou-ke Nation is a Coast Salish Tribe on the border of Coast Salish territories and Nuu-chah-nulth territories. Mark Gauti is a Coast Salish Artist from the T’Sou-ke First Nation. The following is from Mark's "Trickster Art" Facebook page: Either way, I love what he did with "Tree/Ent". Maybe Mark Gauti will do a companion piece to the one above depicting a female ent. Ancient Western red cedar, on the other hand, smell like the most amazing perfume. Old Douglas firs, especially when dripping sap on a hot summer day, smell like a cross between a musky earthiness and aftershave. Instead of fighting they go with the flow as they dance and sway uninhibited. When winter comes female ents don't defy the gusts and gales like the male ents. The female ents have fine stripped reddish paper dresses that peel and flutter in the wind. Their ancient limbs are held at attention and are often twisted and broke by tussles with winter gales.ĭripping with old man's beard lichen they stand rigid and determined over the ages watching from their lofty heights over the forest.Īnd the females? Why they are the Western red cedars of course with their gracefully drooping limbs and feathery braided needle leaves. In old age these tree beings take on the classic look as in the Fangorn Forest. In the coastal rainforest the straight and strong Douglas fir ancients are the male ents. No mention is made of female ents, although surely they do exist. In the Lord of the Rings all the ents are male. Towering, wrinkled, and shaped by the centuries, they are as individual and distinctive as people. When I go out into the rainforest I see ents everywhere. They are tall, slow, patient creatures which live in the forest of Fangorn and exist to protect the trees. I especially love his depiction of a tree being in "Tree/Ent".Įnts are tree creatures in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I love his work and how he incorporates traditional and modern in his images. Mark Gauti is a local artist that does beautiful Coast Salish art.
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