As human beings, we're given intelligence. This is how we make our way through this reality, how we manifest our reality clearly and coherently.

Every human being is a raindrop. And when enough of the raindrops become clear and coherent they then become the power of the storm.

As human beings we're living in a reality of industrial madness.

We use our intelligence, our creative intelligence, because we create with intelligence.

I think it's the responsibility of every human being, not just those who wear the identity of poet, activist, voter, religious person... it's the responsibility of every person. Our responsibility is to use our intelligence as clearly and coherently as we possibly can.

The strength of the poetry as we enter into whatever it is we are entering into, will be determined by the clarity of the thinking we put into it.

Historically speaking, we went from being Indians to pagans to savages to hostiles to militants to activists to Native Americans. Its five hundred years later and they still cant see us. We are still invisible.