See... THIS is what I mean.


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If magic is about the life of objects (think Mary Poppins and her talking umbrella, the toys coming to life in the nursery, etc.) then we view the wild as magic. Trees are objects to us but they are also living - animals are objects and are living - there is a two-fold life [and still life] of the animate and inanimate. The wild is enchanting. ( Read more... )

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It was in the thicket of the hills, over the hill of the university, where I can mythologically trace the roots of my first architectural and urban planning undertakings. We children of the neighborhood aging around 7 and 8 all had found a margin in the city and were voraciously inhabiting it. In the hill there was wilderness - i used to collect ( Read more... )