In Praise of Crooked Things

"Maybe we once believed that "straight is the gate and narrow is the way" and went in search of it. But look how Nature moves in curves and curlicues. Perhaps that's why I love the many crooked trees even more than the few arrow-straight ones. They look like they've fought for survival in a tough world. Like you. Like me. Notice how they grow both up and sideways, twisted and curved from battling the wind, the storms, or a gardener's pruning sheers."

http://www.dailygood.org/story/1990/in-praise-of-crooked-things-patty-de-llosa/