“We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves. As we were. As we are no longer. As we will...

"I was one of those children who tended to perceive the world in terms of things read about it. I began with a literary idea of experience, and I still don’t know where all the lies are. For example, it may not be true that people who try to fly al...

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Desire Paths Landscape architects refer to the natural paths that form between the paths that are planned and built throughout an outdoor space as desire paths. Desire paths are naturally worn as people create new ways to get from place to place. ...