• A man who was arrested in Portland, Maine for obstructing traffic, while dressed as a tree, said his stunt was motivated by a desire to slow down the world.
• Asher Woodworth reportedly covered himself in branches and stood in the middle of a busy intersection.
• Footage shows Asher moving at a glacial pace when police arrived to remove him, and place him in handcuffs.
• Being a “tireless advocate for slowness and quietness and stillness”, Asher says the speed of his movement was a key to his thought provoking ‘performance’.
• Police deconstructed the tree suit on the sidewalk (footpath), which Asher says took him and a friend 2 hours to make.
• Asher was charged with obstructing a public way and is due back in court on 1 December.

Read more:

http://time.com/4545011/man-tree-arrest-traffic-maine-slowness/

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