I know I am made from this earth, as my mother's hands were made from this earth, as her dreams came from this earth and all that I know, I know in this earth, the body of the bird, this pen, this paper, these hands, this tongue speaking, all that I know speaks to me through this earth.
Susan Griffin... This is the paradox of vision: Sharp perception softens our existence in the world.
Susan GriffinTelling a story of illness, one pulls a thread through a narrow opening flanked on one side by shame and the other by trivia.
Susan GriffinPerhaps every moment of time lived in human consciousness remains in the air around us.
Susan GriffinThis earth is my sister; I love her daily grace, her silent daring, and how loved I am. How we admire this strength in each other, all that we have lost, all that we have suffered, all that we know: We are stunned by this beauty, and I do not forget: what she is to me, what I am to her.
Susan Griffin