u/LaoTzunami

I've always thought that mountains and tree are dual images symbolically. They both relate the one to the many. For mountains, the many starting places at the base converge towards the peak at the top as you climb. For trees, the trunk branches into a wide canopy. Both embody unity and diversity at the same time, but in opposite ways.

3D model: https://observablehq.com/d/1f1e526de8158cce

Stellated octahedron made of a fractal tree and fractal mountain. As a mountain is climbed, the many starting positions around the base of the mountain converge toward the peak at the top. As a tree grows, its branches differentiate from a trunk into a wider canopy. Both are relationships between the one and the many: hierarchical embodiments of unity and diversity.

3D model: https://observablehq.com/d/1f1e526de8158cce