Power of imagination

In imagination is the preservation of wildness.

Thoreau

My corollary to Thoreau’s famous quote:

In wildness is the preservation of the world.

By this I mean, no matter where we are living, we can, through our imaginations, conjure up the earth in all its splendid glory. By so doing, we keep alive within us the “spirit of place” wherever we are.

Likewise, by keeping the earth wild, we are then able to maintain the wild within ourselves.

Imaginative stories can assist us in maintaining both our connection to the earth and to our personal “wildness”. As poet William Stafford says:

“feeling your whiskers wider than your mind, away out over everything.”

Below are three linked photos. No words. Use your imagination to create your own story about the preservation of wilderness.