"The nub of the problem now is how to flip over, as in jujitsu, the magnificent growth energy of modern civilization into a noacquisitive search for deeper knowledge of self and nature. Self-nature. Mother Nature. If people come to realize that there are many nonmaterial, nondestructive paths of growth--of the highest and most fascinating order--it would help dampen the fear that a steady state economy would mean deadly stagnation."
Gary Snyder
"Energy is Eternal Delight"
On Turning 71 in 2017: Reporting Yet
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*My 71st Year*
*After surmounting three-score and ten,*
*With all their chances, changes, losses, sorrows,*
*My parents' deaths, the vagaries of my life,...
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