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"For me to be active in the cause of the people and of the earth
and just to be - is to be alive. There is no compartmentalization.
It's all one thing. It's not like I just exist to go into a little
room and write. People have that image of writers, that that's how
we live, but it's not really accurate, not the kind of writing that I do.
I know that what I write has a purpose, even if it's just for
me, if I'm just trying to lead myself out of a kind of darkness.
So it broadens everything, being active in the world.
You see the world. It's like, you know, I'm learning to paint now,
and what I realize, learning to paint, is that I'm learning to see.
And activism is like that. When you are active, and you must know this
so well, that the more you are active, the more you see, the more
you go to see. You know, you are curious. One thing leads to
another thing, and it gets deeper and deeper, too.
And there's no end to it."
Alice Walker
and just to be - is to be alive. There is no compartmentalization.
It's all one thing. It's not like I just exist to go into a little
room and write. People have that image of writers, that that's how
we live, but it's not really accurate, not the kind of writing that I do.
I know that what I write has a purpose, even if it's just for
me, if I'm just trying to lead myself out of a kind of darkness.
So it broadens everything, being active in the world.
You see the world. It's like, you know, I'm learning to paint now,
and what I realize, learning to paint, is that I'm learning to see.
And activism is like that. When you are active, and you must know this
so well, that the more you are active, the more you see, the more
you go to see. You know, you are curious. One thing leads to
another thing, and it gets deeper and deeper, too.
And there's no end to it."
Alice Walker
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Lake Chapala Sunrise from Our Terrace, Tlachichilco, Mexico
We are on the cusp of this time where I can say,
"I speak as a citizen of the world" without others
saying, "God, what a nut." ~ Lawrence Lessig
"I speak as a citizen of the world" without others
saying, "God, what a nut." ~ Lawrence Lessig
Guard, protect and cherish your
land, for there is no afterlife for a
place that started out as heaven.
--Charles Russell,
Montana, 1926
land, for there is no afterlife for a
place that started out as heaven.
--Charles Russell,
Montana, 1926
"It's a question of discipline," the little prince told me
later on. "When you've finished washing and dressing
each morning, you must tend your planet." ~Antoine de
Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, 1943, translated from
French by Richard Howard
later on. "When you've finished washing and dressing
each morning, you must tend your planet." ~Antoine de
Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, 1943, translated from
French by Richard Howard