What kind of record is the X, a signature or a map? Abstract marks made annonymously evoke a contradictory sense of Self and selflessness. Why repeat the X, to create a pattern? When visual relationship develops, what does it communicate? Why destroy the natural beauty of a tree to make marks without meaning?
If you want to see this tree and others, go to Marble, Colorado. Take the road up to the mine across the bridge at the edge of town, about 3/4 to 1 1/2 miles up, several stands of trees have graffiti.