Ed Abbey Tapestries
Description: What iconic writer, philosopher, and naturalist Edward Abbey means by this quote is something quite simple. He was saying that we cannot understand the mystery and wildness in nature with the limitations of our intellects and technology; that it’s only by experiencing nature firsthand that we can fully appreciate it. Otherwise and ironically, the noise and artificial light of the analytic method will obscure the “darkness” because we will not see it for what it really is. Likewise, this analogy can be applied to most situations in our lives.
Description: This is something said in typical Abbey Fashion. Edward Abbey was a brilliant author known for his controversial ideas about culture, politics, and the environment. As wilderness.net so eloquently puts it, his views were “directed by nature and his love of the American West” more than anything.
