Liminal Place and Time I feel a sense of cozy yet mystical expanse when walking in the woods, whether a small grove of trees or a large dense forest. The small nooks and crannies of living breathing lifeforms from the roots of tree trunks, the fallen logs decaying back into the earth, and fungi covering…
Vision is not mere fantasy devoid of pragmatic realism but an expression of our core values linked to universal experiences. For a nation that used to pride itself on a universal concept of E Pluribus Unum (out of many, one), we have politically divided and compartmentalized ourselves in the “Pluribus,” but have precious little “Unum”…
Black Elk, a Native American visionary and Lakota Sioux medicine man chronicled by John Neihardt in Black Elk Speaks, believed a coherent vision to be central to a people’s well-being. Black Elk’s prophetic message was clear—“Without vision, the people perish.” A vision encompasses not only the values and goals a people strive to honor but…