Greenman of Ryerson

Dark and light co-exist everywhere. We all are dealing with competing energies – dark and light – as we move through life. This tree houses these energies. They are the spirit energies some long ago pioneer was working with in his solitary life.

This tree lives near a pioneer-era log cabin in Ryerson Woods, Illinois, next to a gently flowing stream.

I can imagine some pioneering man sitting beneath it and contemplating the survival issues, crises, joys and hopes he was facing in the life he chose for himself. To the right is a close up of the dreamy and hopeful Greenman. To read more of this story, click HERE