My second favorite tree on campus, a Japanese Maple, resembles the branches of a river and its tributaries. The outermost branches are small and join together into bigger branches that eventually meet at the trunk. The tree looks especially good when wet, bringing out the dark colors and contrasting lines along the branches that also resembles a stream.
In front of South College, I saw a man-made path across the grass connecting the road and another sidewalk. This path was created because students used the shortest path possible to get from one point to another. Rivers follow their windy path that has been created over time by eroding rock and sediment, but every so often, the river will cut a new path that travels straight through a section of land instead of winding. It is as if the water is desperate to reach the ocean and decides to travel straight there, just as the students did.
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