Shaun Slifer Questions

What draws you to this piece? What makes it compelling? What is your connection to this work? Be as specific as possible.
I was amazed at the "I've seen a lot of trees (but i've never seen a Redwood)" piece.
I was drawn to it because the tree is huge. It made me so interested that I even took time to go and look up a Redwood picture just to see the actual size. The circumference of the tree is remarkable. I have definitely never seen a tree trunk that large before. It kind of reminds me of a tree one would expect to see in the rain forest or some exquisite forest that I have never travled too. It also reminds me of those stories that you hear in the news about people hiking in these kinds of forests. They are soo large and intimidating that the hikers end up getting lost and sometimes die in the forest because they cant find their way back.
I dont really have a connection to this piece but I would love to go to these creepy forests. I am a Twilight series fan (if you know what that means) and i believe that the forest that the cullens live in is like the forest you would find these ginormous trees.