"In the West, Nature seems to carry the whole thrust of the divine. Established religions have a very shallow footing in the West. It is as if the California experience of religion is affective, something entering into you in a physical way. Especially in the coastal region, where there is the great drop-off point and the intensity of the sea, sustained churchgoing is difficult. Why should we sit in church on a Sunday when God is walking on water out there?"
(William Everson)
Photo: Monkeyflowers and sea stacks, Trinidad State Beach, CA, July 31, 2011
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