I have made many drawings of brambles on my walks...Those arching stems can't be contained on a single sheet of paper; they make the rectangle of a page absurd, and when I've tried a more distant view in an effort to fit the whole plant [->] in, the drawing looks weirdly polite, which couldn't be less appropriate for this irrepressible, thorny weed.

— Understorey by Anna Chapman Parker (Page 127 - 129)