Deep in the woods, at night: we barely see the dark green shrubbery in the background, having no motion, attracting no attention. Rather, it is this sudden illumination in front which immediately guides our eyes. Excluding the crown, the flash portrays as well as reveals the anonymous textures of a tree trunk with three thick branches. The tints and shades of brown, metallic green and a toned-down scarlet stand out, and we both per ceive map-like shapes on the surface and sense the tactility of the bark, created by the rough, irregular, jagged tissues.