“Revolutionary consciousness is to be found among the most ruthlessly exploited masses: animals, trees, water, air, grasses” FoundWaterAnimalConsciousnessAirTreeMassGrassRevolutionary Author:Gary Snyder
“As a poet I hold the most archaic values on earth . . . the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision in solitude, the terrifying initiation and rebirth, the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe. I try to hold both history and the wilderness in mind, that my poems may approach the true measure of things and stand against the unbalance and ignorance of our times.” TryingMindMayEarthValuesAnimalCommonVisionMagicIgnorancePoetSolitudeApproachOur TimeSoilWildernessEcstasyTribesRebirthFertilityInitiation Author:Gary Snyder
“I hold the most archaic values on earth ... the fertility of the soul, the magic of the animals, the power-vision in solitude.... the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe.” SoulEarthValuesAnimalCommonVisionMagicSolitudeEcstasyTribesFertility Author:Gary Snyder
“Bearing in his right paw the shovel that digs to the truth beneath appearances, cut the roots of useless attachments, and flings damp sand on the fires of greed and war; His left paw in the Mudra of Comradely Display - indicating that all creatures have the full right to live to their limits and that deer, rabbits, chipmunks, snakes, dandelions, and lizards all grow in the realm of the Dharma.” WarLeftGrowsAnimalFireCuttingTruth IsCreaturesLimitsRootsGreedAppearanceUselessRealmsSandAttachmentDisplaySnakesRabbitsDharmaDeerFlingDampPawsShovelsLizardsDandelionsChipmunks Book:Back on the Fire: Essays Source: Back on the Fire: Essays