Human supremacy sees with the eyes of nihilism, for nihilism (the profanation of existence) is the metaphysics of human supremacy.| Earth Tongues
I live my life caught between conflicting impulses: on one hand, a wish to escape the shackles of human management; and, on the other, a reticence—out of ecological respect—to roam beyond its already-excessive bounds.| Earth Tongues
Three summers ago, I typed the words “most probably correct” in closing an Earth Tongues piece titled 'Smiles and scowles: Puzzles in the Forest'. At that point, I felt that I had written all that I was ever going to on the subject of tourists experiencing curious English woodlands. But a recent encounter with an Italian couple, on a misty July morning, has set me penning this unexpected sequel.| Earth Tongues
We need instead to cultivate the saving perception. This rests on the adoption of a non-reactionary sense of conservative gratitude for what we already have and what has come before us, including great artistic achievements.| Earth Tongues
Near the southern end of the modern border between Wales and England – on the side of the latter – the sea-seeking River Wye and the Severn Estuary provide the aquatic outline for a curious wedge of land.| Earth Tongues