Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Part I A Tree Grew inside My Head
4. TREE TIME 3
5. WOMEN AS FLOWERS 7
6. THE KINDNESS OF PLANTS 13
7. THE WOMAN AS TREE 17
8. THE SILENCE OF TREES 23
9. Part II I Paint Flowers So They Will Not Die
10. DRAWING TREES 31
11. MAKING LEAVES 44
12. THE LITERATURE OF TREES 51
13. TREE SCULPTURE 56
14. PHOTOGRAPHING TREES 61
15. Part III See the Long Shadow that is Cast by the Tree?
16. PORTRAIT OF A TREE 65
17. A BRIEF HISTORY OF SHADOWS 67
18. X-RAYING PLANTS 74
19. FEEDING LIGHT TO TREES 80
20. BECOMING A SHADOW 81
21. Part IV Supposing I Became a Champa Flower
22. RABINDRANATH TAGORE’S GARDEN 85
23. STUDYING NATURE 96
24. Part V I Want to Do with You What Spring Does with the Cherry Trees
25. HAVING SEX WITH A TREE 107
26. LOVING TREES 111
27. Part VI One Tree is Equal to Ten Sons
28. PLANTS AS CHILDREN 121
29. THE CURIOUS BOTANIST 124
30. GARDENS AND ADULTERY 138
31. Part VII Lost in the Forest
32. LOST IN THE FOREST 151
33. THE RELIGION OF THE FOREST 160
34. WILD MEN AND LOST GIRLS 162
35. Part VIII
36. SITTING UNDER A TREE 179
37. THE BUDDHA AND THE BODHI TREE 183
38. Part IX The Tree is an Eternal Corpse
39. THE DEATH OF TREES 201
40. THE REBIRTH OF TREES 212
41. HOW I BECAME A TREE 220
42. EPILOGUE 223
43. NOTES AND REFERENCES 225
44. BIBLIOGRAPHY 235