Pine De-Tipping – Childhood Memories
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Pulling the soft new growth off the tip of a pine branch and popping it between your fingers is one of those small physical habits that seems to belong to a lot of childhoods, even though nobody ever really explains where it comes from or why it is satisfying. We filmed the motion up close, the little burst of resin scent that comes with it impossible to capture on camera but easy to remember just from watching. Some habits apparently never fully leave you.
