The human body knows that it needs a multiplicity of relationships . . .

"The human body knows that it needs a multiplicity of relationships with the whole of its surroundings. Our bodies have co-evolved with cedar trees and salmon and windstorms and moon and sun, with critters and plants. We believe that the only place we can encounter otherness is in another human being. But another human, alone, cannot possibly provide all that otherness, and the strain rapidly shatters so many marriages and partnerships."

David Abram
Ecological Philosopher

Photo: Indian Paintrbrush and Subalpine Arnica, Saint Louis Lake Trail, near Fraser, CO, August 9, 2015