For those of you that missed it, German artist Bartholomäus Traubeck is a genius. Why? Well, Traubeck has created a way to translate tree rings into music in a project appropriately titled "Years." These circular patterns inside tree trunks have long since been a way to learn about the life of a tree, which seems like a rather dry way of discovering the details on these significant organisms. On the other hand, music has always presented itself as an exciting and terrific way of documenting history, as well as the best, most genuine way of expressing one's story, and journey. Trees may be stationary objects and seem like very simple elements of our world's landscape, but hearing their lives will certainly change your view of them in the future.
Traubeck modified and developed a special record player that uses a camera to read tree rings. Spinning sliced discs of wood, these lines are read and translated into incredibly beautiful piano music. This is really something you have to see and hear.
