It is in vain to dream of a wildness distant from ourselves.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Dreaming of a wildness separate from ourselves is futile.
- In plain terms
- You cannot imagine wildness apart from yourself.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize that wildness is part of who you are.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you embody wildness?
- What separates imagination from experience?
Another view
May ignore the value of preserving untouched wilderness.
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