I come across this Dali-esque scene of a shattered dead tree draped across the rock. Following the grain of the wood, in a slight spiral, it has delaminated, and its weight has bent it over the rock face.
![Inspirational wood forms, a barley twist](https://hefcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/wood-forms-poughquag-nature-inspiration-barley-twist2-225x300.jpg)
A naturally occurring barley twist
Here is a naturally occurring “barley twist.” A vine, choking a tree further up, being choked by a smaller vine.
![wet wood and lichen](https://hefcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/wood-forms-poughquag-nature-inspiration-lichen-300x225.jpg)
wet wood and lichen
Is this a branch or a vine, looking as if it is coming right through the tree, being in turn crushed and choked by the tree growing back around it?
![On this side of the road, there are a lot of white birch trees](https://hefcraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/white-birch-Trees-300x225.jpg)
On this side of the road, there are a lot of white birch trees
On this side of the road, there are a lot of white birch trees.