Only as the written text began to speak would the voices of the forest, and of the river, begin to fade. And only then would language loosen its ancient association with the invisible breath, the spirit sever itself from the wind, the psyche dissociate itself from the environing air.
Other animals, in a constant and mostly unmediated relation with their sensory surroundings, think with the whole of their bodies. - David Abram
Other animals, in a constant and mostly unmediated relation with their sensory surroundings, think with the whole of their bodies.
- David Abram
Entranced by the denotative power of words to define, to order, to represent the things around us, weve overlooked the songful dimension of language … - David Abram
Entranced by the denotative power of words to define, to order, to represent the things around us, weve overlooked the songful dimension of language …
For the Amahuaca, the Koyukon, the Apache, and the diverse Aboriginal peoples of Australia - as for numerous other indigenous peoples - the coherence… - David Abram
For the Amahuaca, the Koyukon, the Apache, and the diverse Aboriginal peoples of Australia - as for numerous other indigenous peoples - the coherence…
The animate earth - this moody terrain that we experience differently in anger and in joy, in grief and in love - is both the soil in which all our s… - David Abram
The animate earth - this moody terrain that we experience differently in anger and in joy, in grief and in love - is both the soil in which all our s…
...along with the other animals, the stones, the trees, and the clouds, we ourselves are characters within a huge story that is visibly unfolding all… - David Abram
...along with the other animals, the stones, the trees, and the clouds, we ourselves are characters within a huge story that is visibly unfolding all…
Each place its own mind, its own psyche! Oak, Madrone, Douglas fir, red-tailed hawk, serpentine in the sandstone, a certain scale to the topography, … - David Abram
Each place its own mind, its own psyche! Oak, Madrone, Douglas fir, red-tailed hawk, serpentine in the sandstone, a certain scale to the topography, …
There are those, however, that are not frightened of grief: dropping deep into the sorrow, they find therein a necessary elixir to the numbness. When… - David Abram
There are those, however, that are not frightened of grief: dropping deep into the sorrow, they find therein a necessary elixir to the numbness. When…
Humans are tuned for relationship. The eyes, the skin, the tongue, ears, and nostrils-all are gates where our body receives the nourishment of othern… - David Abram
Humans are tuned for relationship. The eyes, the skin, the tongue, ears, and nostrils-all are gates where our body receives the nourishment of othern…
There are so many unsung heroines and heroes at this broken moment in our collective story, so many courageous persons who, unbeknownst to themselves… - David Abram
There are so many unsung heroines and heroes at this broken moment in our collective story, so many courageous persons who, unbeknownst to themselves…
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