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.

~ Ursula K. LeGuin

Valley of Flowers Sanctuary, Himalayan Mountains, North Sikkim, India – photo by SB Stock, bigstockphoto.com