…one cannot enter into a felt rapport with another entity if one assumes that that other is entirely inanimate. It is difficult, if not impossible, to empathize with an inert object. One cannot feel or suss out the intention of another creature if one denies that that creature has intentions; one cannot anticipate the shifting mood of a winter sky if one denies that the sky has moods, if one begrudges things their own inherent spontaneity and openness.
~ David Abram
Northern Lights – photo by denbelitsky, bigstockphoto.com
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