For far too long we have been seduced into walking a path that did not lead us to ourselves. For far too long we have said yes when we wanted to say no. And for far too long we have said no when we desperately wanted to say yes. . . . When we don't listen to our intuition, we abandon our souls. And we abandon our souls because we are afraid if we don't, others will abandon us.

There is an unraveling, a great unraveling that I believe is occurring. Not without its pain, not without its frustration. Perhaps the fundamentalism we see within America right now is in response to these changes. We fear change, and so we cling to what is known.

Each voice is distinct and has something to say. Each voice deserves to be heard. But it requires the act of listening.

Finding beauty in a broken world is creating beauty in the world we find.

The pain that we feel when we are making love with someone is that we know it will end. It's that paradoxical response of joy and suffering.

My activism is a result of my love. So whether it's trying to preserve the wilderness in Southern Utah or writing about an erotics of place, it is that same impulse - to try to make sense of the world, to try to preserve something that is beautiful, to ask the tough questions, the push the boundaries of what is acceptable.

The Eyes of the Future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time.