Usnea. Golden Thread.

There is a Golden Thread, a theme as valuable as gold, that is woven into the story of our lives. It is a conduit of energy that softly and subtly connects people, places, time, experiences, and dimensions. It holds a series of parts together, significantly related events, purposeful repetition, synchronicities.

This is Old Man Usnea, a lichen that hangs from trees like ornaments and cleans forest air and human lungs, where grief is held. Old, because he grows very slowly, 1 cm every three years, connecting season after season, decade after decade, storm after storm, wisdom and wounds from each chapter. He has seen a lot, so he understands. In his old man wisdom, having survived many disasters before, he softly reminds you that your sorrow is a chapter in the long life of your forest. Follow the thread through each meaning, dimension, loss, love, and person as valuable as gold.