What does it mean to say that nature is personal? In the broadest sense, it means choosing a different paradigm from the Western idea of nature as machine…It means holding the possibility that all things on Earth, even rocks and mountains, have their own will and intention.

~ Priscilla Stuckey, “Kissed By A Fox”

El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, CA – photo by jeffbanke, bigstockphoto.com