literally hugged a tree in the woods, and his thoughts about nature led him to wonder about humanity’s ultimate role in the universe. “What if our role in this all-embracing mind,” he wonders, “is to gaze back…and translate our responses into symbols?” Other writers offered similar surprises in the questions they posed, the stories they told, the thoughts they shared, or the contradictions they explored.
literally hugged a tree in the woods, and his thoughts about nature led him to wonder about humanity’s ultimate role in the universe. “What if our role in this all-embracing mind,” he wonders, “is to gaze back…and translate our responses into symbols?” Other writers offered similar surprises in the questions they posed, the stories they told, the thoughts they shared, […]






