tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post5515723814926560481..comments2023-10-31T05:37:45.410-07:00Comments on Hungry Hyaena: CoastsHungry Hyaenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354349850246750046noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-29519917625156165382009-01-19T08:25:00.000-08:002009-01-19T08:25:00.000-08:00Bioephemera:Thanks for the thoughtful comment and ...Bioephemera:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the thoughtful comment and the belated birthday wishes.<BR/><BR/>Jack:<BR/><BR/>Both you and Jessica might find the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Reece" REL="nofollow">Erik Reece</A> essay "<A HREF="http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/3644/" REL="nofollow">Notes from a very small island</A>," originally published in the Nov/Dec issue of <A HREF="http://www.orionmagazine.org/" REL="nofollow">Orion Magazine</A>, of interest. It touched me deeply, as has earlier writing of his.Hungry Hyaenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354349850246750046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-48929836642248543162009-01-19T07:47:00.000-08:002009-01-19T07:47:00.000-08:00Chris- Thanks for the post and the ample links. Th...Chris- Thanks for the post and the ample links. This is a lot of the same stuff I've been thinking about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11167350.post-64975920592507191722009-01-18T19:37:00.000-08:002009-01-18T19:37:00.000-08:00Those lush green photos made me reflexively inhale...Those lush green photos made me reflexively inhale more deeply, as if I could somehow evict the urban air from my lungs through an image. (Who knows? Perhaps I did!) As always, you beautifully convey the dizzying expansion of self that accompanies truly deep meditation in a natural setting. <BR/><BR/>When I read your Heron's Foot post a year or so ago, I wanted to comment, then realized I had nothing to say but "yes." The times in my life when I have felt the most spiritual are those times when I was alone in nature and lost track of my existence separate from nature. It's a capacity I believe must be hard-wired into us as human beings, but which many people may never have the opportunity to use. I am very happy in my urban home, but a part of myself is defined by my reaction to Nature, and I am certain that part will continue to be defined so, no matter how long I live in a city. <BR/><BR/>Happy belated birthday.bioephemerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236131204289070096noreply@blogger.com