Rocks are the rocky aspect of leaves, and leaves are the leafy aspect of rocks.

According to our usual logic, leaves are much different than rocks, and rocks are not the same as leaves. But what if we also realized a second truth; namely, that rocks are actually the rocky aspect of leaves, and leaves are truly the leafy aspect of rocks? What then?  And what if we also realized that we are the human aspect of wild Nature, just as Nature is the wilderness aspect of humanity?  What then?

Photo: Three-leafed sumac and a ruddy sandstone formation at sunset; Red Mountain Open Space, Larimer County, CO; October 19, 2013

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