"Upon Seeing a Tree on a New York Street Corner"

An artist will try to capture its shape and copy it in his brain.
A naturalist will examine the birds, insects and fungi that symbiotically live with it .
A scholar of evolution will collect its DNA and find its place on the genealogical tree.
A mathematician will attempt to solve the algorithm of the division of branches versus leaves and write down the formula.
A clergyman will look to see God's design and grace in the tree.
A shaman will try to feel the tree's vibrations and will see their correspondence with the universe.
A pharmacologist will work to extract the antibacterial chemicals from the tree.
An ecologist will measure the tree's nitrogen and carbon dioxide fixation capacity.

Rather than thinking about all these things, I simply gaze at the tree in admiration

Ryuichi Sakamoto, 2001
Pianist and composer