“The wild-often dismissed as savage and chaotic by "civilized" thinkers, is actually impartially, relentlessly, and beautifully formal and free. Its expression-the richness of plant and animal life on the globe including us, the rainstorms, windstorms, and calm spring mornings-is the real world, to which we belong.”
―Gary Snyder, The Practice of the Wild
@drumshaman that's a truth I feel in my bones.
@intrepidhero Gary has always been my favorite American poet, and that book of essays is probably one of my favorite non-fiction books, ever. I read it back in the mid-1990s and need to revisit it soon.
@drumshaman thanks! I'll put it on my list.