“Eden is a conversation. It is the conversation of the human with the Divine. And it is the reverberations of that conversation that create a sense of place. It is not a thing, Eden, but a pattern of relationships, made visible in conversation. To live in Eden is to live in the midst of good relations, of just relations scrupulously attended to, imaginatively maintained through time. Altogether we call this beauty.” HumansMadeDivineConversationRelationPatternsVisibleMidstEdenReverberationSense Of Place Author:Barry Lopez
“The wolf exerts a powerful influence on the human imagination. It takes your stare and turns it back on you” HumansTurnsImaginationPowerfulInfluenceStaringHuman Imagination Book:Of Wolves and Men Source: Of Wolves and Men
“Over the years, one comes to measure a place, too, not just for the beauty it may give, the balminess of its breezes, the insouciance and relaxation it encourages, the sublime pleasures it offers, but for what it teaches. The way in which it alters our perception of the human. It is not so much that you want to return to indifferent or difficult places, but that you want to not forget.” WayWantGivingYearsHumansMayDifficultForgetPleasureTeachReturnOffersPerceptionIndifferentSublimeRelaxationBreezeYear OneInsouciance Author:Barry Lopez
“The land is like poetry: it is inexplicably coherent, it is transcendent in its meaning, and it has the power to elevate a consideration of human life.” HumansLandHuman LifeConsiderationTranscendent Book:Arctic Dreams Source: Arctic Dreams
