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The hook from an old song looped in his head, “Anywhere else is too far away.” At this moment, his thoughts didn’t feel as if they belonged to him.
John Tarrant • Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
After a lengthy initiation into the village society of warrior priests, administered by men who had in the past been initiates, men who had themselves also killed in the past, these two men were mystically turned into a different kind of human altogether. As changed beings, they would then assume their place inside the society of warrior priests, a
... See moreMartín Prechtel • The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise
Chief Oren Lyons, Wisdom Keeper of the Onondaga Nation, tells us that when we place our feet on the Earth, the faces of our grandchildren are looking up at us from the soil, so we must walk carefully.
Sherri Mitchell • Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
With idea, sound, or gesture, the duende enjoys fighting the creator on the very rim of the well. Angel and muse escape with violin, meter, and compass; the duende wounds. In the healing of that wound, which never closes, lie the strange, invented qualities of a man's work.
Federico García Lorca • In Search of Duende
In naming the plants who shower us with goodness, we recognize that these are gifts from our plant relatives, manifestations of their generosity, care, and creativity. James Vukelich, an Anishinaabe linguist, teaches that these plant gifts are “a manifestation of unconditional love that plants have for people.” Plants offer whatever they have, to w
... See moreRobin Wall Kimmerer • The Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance
blessing for the gift of all of them having lived long enough, hard or easy, to have loved what they had lost.
Martín Prechtel • The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise
