Our skin is what stands between us and the world.

I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and deeply spiritual, glorifying the smallest life-form and embracing the most distant stars.

My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair.

It's animal by animal that you save a species.

We evolved as creatures knitted into the fabric of nature, and without its intimate truths, we can find ourselves unraveling.

On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam rising from vents underground makes you wonder if there isn't one giant sweat gland lodged beneath the city.

Nothing reveals more about the inner life of a people than their arts.