After I posted Open Heart; Open Mind, I recalled a Wendell Berry poem entitled In a Country Once Forested. I wondered what if nature really could remember? What would that be like? What if nature were a dreamer of dreams? I think Wendell Berry says it beautifully and wisely in this poem.
The young woodland remembers
the old, a dreamer dreaming
of an old holy book,
an old set of instructions,
and the soil under the grass
is dreaming of a young forest,
and under the pavement the soil
is dreaming of grass.
I think nature is can recall and able to dream dreams. It might look like this.
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I have been an educator for almost 20 years. Prior to that, I worked in private industry for 15 years, then returned to university to earn my education degree. For the past 11 years, I have been a co-creator of learning in a unique, progressive, alternative educational school of choice. Currently, I am engaged in a doctoral program at Gonzaga University in Spokane. A main theme in my learning there has been the roles of systems thinking, complexity theory, and organizational theory, and how they apply to education generally and the learning environment I share with students, parents, and colleagues.
I think nature does remember because that is how some of it does look. Our bodies remember our ancestors. Wendell Berry is very gently pointed in his poems.
Rebecca, I agree on all points. Wendell Berry provides such wisdom for the day.
Take care,
Ivon
What a beautiful thought. This has never occured to me, even knowing plants and trees can feel.
That was a beautiful poem, thank you Ivon… and sad too, as we cover up more and more of the globe with concrete in various incarnations.!
Thank you Valerie. I was glad to share Wendell Berry’s poetry. He is such an amazing and wise human.
Take care,
Ivon
Touching poem, thank you. Have a nice weekend, Ivon.
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Dina
Thank you Dina. I am glad you enjoyed it.
Take care,
Ivon