Quotes

In the very earliest time,
when both people and animals lived on earth,
a person could become an animal, if she wanted,
or an animal could be a human being.
There was no difference:
All spoke the same language.
All is touched by the power of sound
people, earth, what lies beneath
That was when words were like magic
a single word spoken by chance might have strange consequences
It would suddenly come alive
and what people wanted to happen
could happen
all you had to do was say it
nobody could explain it
that’s the way it was
a sad longing for a time we never did understand
naming takes us far from the animal powers even as it brings us close
thats the way it still is
what is most important can not yet be explained

-unknown

Now, I can go outside and bring in a rock that’s older than any song you know
and drop it on your foot. The past didn’t go anywhere, it’s right here, it’s
right now.
-Utah Philips

northern lights. the cold. you will inside grow old. wisdom will find you and you will
converse. she will be silent and you will learn. and you will also burn and eat flame
and spread out like morning light over the water. and the potato peelings drop with a
plop plop plop. and then you’ll sigh and stretch and stop. and squint at the new
beginning you have made for yourself. and smile. and this will be the past around you
holding you close so you can feel the warmth of the earth on your bare feet. you smack
a rock with your hand. this is now but it is also forever. and you will swim under the
clearest milky way you’ve ever seen. and you will reach up and strum it lazily with
your fingers as you do the backstroke. under and in. northern lights.

-Annie