“I want to think I deserve what I get. I don't want to consider how vastly I am overly rewarded. I don't want to consider the injustices around me. I don't want any encounters with the disenfranchised. I want to say it's not my fault. But it is, it's yours and mine, and ours. We'd better figure out ways to spread some equity around if we want to go on living in a society that is at least semi-functional. It's a fundamental responsibility, to ourselves.” IfsThinkingWayWantResponsibilityFiguresMinesGoes OnDeserveFundamentalsFaultsEnvironmentalInjusticeSpreadEncountersSustainabilityEquityDisenfranchised Author:William Kittredge
“Places come to exist in our imaginations because of stories, and so do we. When we reach for a "sense of place," we posit an intimate relationship to a set of stories connected to a particular location, such as Hong Kong or the Grand Canyon or the bed where we were born, thinking of histories and the evolution of personalities in a local context. Having "a sense of self" means possessing a set of stories about who we are and with whom and why.” ThinkingMeanSelfStoriesBornImaginationParticularPersonalityEvolutionBedConnectedLocalsIntimateWho We AreLocationSense Of SelfPossessingCanyonsHong KongIntimate RelationshipsGrand CanyonSense Of Place Book:The Nature of Generosity Source: The Nature of Generosity
“I had discovered a terrible vulnerability I myself which I think of not as cowardliness but as an ability to imagine too much.” ThinkingFearAbilityToo MuchImagineTerribleVulnerability Author:William Kittredge
“Our old pilgrims believed stories in which the West was a promise, a place where decent people could escape the wreckage of failed lives and start over. Come along, the dream whispers, and you can have another chance. We still listen to promises in the wind. This time, we think, we’ll get it right.” PeopleThinkingStillsStoriesDreamChanceWindPromiseWestDecentStarting OverPilgrimAnother ChanceWreckage Author:William Kittredge
