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It is not so difficult … in fact it is trivial … to so overwhelm our natural faculties and sensitivities… … that the world of the nonordinary largely disappears from our direct access and experience. One result is fictions that preserve some...

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The other day I wrapped my palm around one of the trunks of some laurel trees in a place where I practice. Immediately, I felt… strong, rhythmic strikes that permeated the wood. One of the stellar’s jays that knows me there, was talking into my hand. With...

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Sometimes I can say more by carefully leaving something unsaid than by all the artifices of articulation…

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I sometimes wonder if the bluejays understand that I am wearing clothing. I think they do. But what if they don’t? “He just puts his hands inside his body and pulls out food? Is he a giant crop with legs?”