A dust storm moves across the Kenyan plains as a Maasai man crosses the open landscape alone. He pauses beneath a single tree for cover from wind and dust, while another figure approaches in the distance. The tree is not symbolic. It endures. When it first took root, earlier generations may have passed this same way. If it falls, its remains will stay in the land long after the storm has moved on. In this environment, trees are not ornamental or abstract. They offer protection, orientation, and continuity in a place shaped by exposure and time.