“Wilderness is rapidly becoming one of those aspects of the American dream which is more of the past than of the present. Wilderness is not only a condition of nature, but a state of mind and mood and heart. It cannot be confined to the museum-case status—seen only as a passing diorama from superlative throughways.” MindHeartStatesDreamPastCasesConditionsBecomingAspectMoodPassingPassingsWildernessMuseumsState Of MindAmerican DreamConfinedBecoming OneSuperlatives Book:Celebrating the American Earth: a Portfolio Source: Celebrating the American Earth: a Portfolio
“Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. Suffering can be likened to a baptism - the passing over the threshold of pain and grief and anguish to claim a new state of being.” WellsMayStatesPainSufferingGriefClaimsPassingPassingsAnguishThresholdBaptismUnspeakableRegenerationInitiation Author:George Eliot
“Progress is only possible by passing from a state of undifferentiated wholeness to differentiation of parts.” StatesProgressPassingPassingsWholenessDifferentiation Author:Ludwig von Bertalanffy