One learns a landscape finally not by knowing the name or identity of everything in it, but by perceiving the relationships in it–like that between the sparrow and the twig. The difference between the relationships and the elements is the same as that between written history and a catalog of events.

One learns a landscape finally not by knowing the name or identity of everything in it, but by perceiving the relationships in it–like that between the sparrow and the twig. The difference between the relationships and the elements is the same as that between written history and a catalog of events.

– Barry López –

Crossing Open Ground

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