Strange enough I decided to give a tree 9 points today! ;) and this tree deserve it completely, maybe some more light could be favorable at my opinion. I like the title also, sometime its better not to know, to save some pain, and trees see everything around them, even they wont or not!
Does a live tree feel pain? Does a live cockroach feel pain? Does a rock? Does a dead tree? I love photos of dead trees as much as the next guy. In fact, I hardly ever pass up an opportunity to photograph one; yet I'm skeptical that this photo is about pain. Unless its our pain on the loss of a perfectly good tree, in which case I'd expect to see a tree fallen in its prime. It's a pretty good shot of a pretty photogenic tree, but the background is just a little too distracting - especially tha tree that's behind the right branch.
I have now thought some time about this shot and the title and still can't figure out what you're referring to. All I see is an (interesting) tree, which has nothing to do with pain, at least nothing I can see. Maybe this is some kind of 'hidden face' picture? 4.
I am not sure I understand the message here...I see a b/w picture of a tree and am struggling to see the connection to pain, or to knowledge for that matter ..sorry (3)