“Don’t worry about doing research. Just search.”
― Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
― Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
“What is the source of this pattern? Why is the world so beautiful? It could so easily be otherwise: flowers could be ugly to us and still fulfill their own purpose. But they’re not.”
― Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
― Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
“The only art I’ll ever study is stuff that I can steal from.” —David Bowie”
― Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
― Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.”
― Four Quartets
And next year's words await another voice.”
― Four Quartets
“For all of us, becoming indigenous to a place means living as if your children’s future mattered, to take care of the land as if our lives, both material and spiritual, depended on it.”
― Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
― Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
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