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My mistake.

Why would you even think that?

No reason.

Just that you...

...talk about him all the time.

I do?

Mm-hm.

I don't know.

I guess it's something about his eyes.

Or maybe his smile.

But what about him?

- What?

- You have to look at the whole landscape.

What does that mean?

A painting is more

than the sum of its parts.

A cow by itself is just a cow.

A meadow by itself is just grass,

flowers.

And the sun peeking through the trees

is just a beam of light.

But you put them all together...

...and it can be magic.

JULl:
I didn't really understand

what he was saying until one afternoon...

...when I was up in the sycamore tree.

I was rescuing a kite.

It was a long way up,

higher than I'd ever been.

And the higher I got,

the more amazed I was by the view.

I began to notice

how wonderful the breeze smelled.

Like sunshine and wild grass.

I couldn't stop breathing it in...

...filling my lungs

with the sweetest smell I'd ever known.

Hey, you found my kite.

Bryce, you should come up here.

It's so beautiful.

I can't. I sprained my, um...

I have a rash.

JULl:
From that moment on,

that became my spot.

I could sit there for hours,

just looking out at the world.

Some days the sunsets

would be purple and pink.

And some days

they were a blazing orange...

...setting fire to the clouds

on the horizon.

It was during one of those sunsets

that my father's idea...

...of the whole being greater

than the sum of its parts...

...moved from my head to my heart.

Some days I would get there extra early

to watch the sunrise.

One morning

I was making mental notes...

...of how the streaks of light

were cutting through the clouds...

...so I could tell my dad...

...when I heard a noise below.

Excuse me.

Excuse me. I'm sorry, but you can't

park there. That's a bus stop.

Hey, what are you doing up there?

You can't be up there,

we're gonna take this thing down.

- The tree?

- Yeah. Now come on down.

- But who told you, you could cut it down?

- The owner.

Why?

He's gonna build a house,

and this tree's in the way.

- So come on, girl, we got work to do.

- You can't cut it down. You just can't.

Listen, girl.

I'm this close to calling the police.

You are trespassing and obstructing

progress on a contracted job.

Now either you come down,

or we're gonna cut you down.

Go ahead. Cut me down.

I'm not coming down.

I'm never coming down.

Bryce. You guys, come up here with me.

They won't cut it down

if we're all up here.

Bryce, please don't let them do this.

Come on, you guys.

Bryce, please. You don't have to

come up this high. Just a little ways.

Bryce, please. Please.

JULl:

What happened after that was a blur.

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