📖 Braiding Sweetgrass
“They look like they’re trying to remember what it would be like to love the world.”
Dr. Kimmerer tells the story of Cascade Head, where there existed a cycle reciprocity between the people, grasses, salmon, and fire. Today, Cascade Head exists as a biosphere reserve, where regular tourists look out and mostly see the opportunity for a pretty picture, if that. 🏔️
Growing up surrounded by social media, it can take a lot of energy to retrain your brain from being centered purely on aesthetic, but it is important to appreciate the land and the meaning it already holds, instead of just projecting our own ideas onto it. 🤳
The tourism industry, for example, would be very different if it was less focused on pretty pictures and convenient beach access, and more on the form and function that our personhood takes in relationship with the land. 🌿
How do you show your love for the world?
