Braiding Sweetgrass
But in “Braiding Sweetgrass,” you write about nature as capable of showing us love. If that’s true, doesn’t it also have to be capable of showing us the opposite? The answer that comes to mind is that it’s not all about us.
What?! [Laughs.] Some of these cycles of creation and destruction that promote renewal and change might be bad for us, but we’... See more
What?! [Laughs.] Some of these cycles of creation and destruction that promote renewal and change might be bad for us, but we’... See more
David Marchese • You Don’t Have to Be Complicit in Our Culture of Destruction (Published 2023)
He introduces himself to the seller, explains his need, just as he would in a meadow, asking permission of the sweetgrass. He cannot pay for it, not because he doesn’t have the money, but because it cannot be bought or sold and still retain its essence for ceremony.
Robin Wall Kimmerer • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest
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