![]() SOLUTION NO. 1: Grafting is defined as a natural or deliberate fusion of plant parts allowing for vascular continuity this means the part of the plant that water flows through is connected with the part of the dying plant in which water ought to flow to establish a connection between them this results in a genetically composite two plant parts to merge until they grow together and the organism begins to functions as single plant. Estevan described how he knew the art well and would come to Santa Ana to assist us with the tree and deliberately graft the living part of the tree with the part up top that was no longer alive to bring life back into it. I got extremely excited at this point and wanted to make sure the whole production was videotaped. It seemed brilliant and fantastical to me, this old art form that reminded me of Druids and those who could truly understand plants and their needs. I imagined the spectacle of the whole process and became very excited. I was imagining the interest and popularity of the Reality Television Series called "Out of the Wild" where people are riveted by this popular Discovery Channel show for its painstaking lessons on real survival in the wild. I also thought how beautiful it would be not to throw away the tree but to revive it since we live in such a throw away culture and nature in essence is something that we really cannot throw away. So the science of mending is a beautiful one indeed.
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