環境運動的「破」與「立」
人如何跟自然環境產生心靈的牽引與羈絆？
Now nearly all those I loved and did not understand in my youth are dead, even Jessie, but I still reach out to them. Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman. And now I usually fish the big waters alone, although some friends think I shouldn’t. But when I am alone in the half-light of the canyon, all existence seems to fade to a being with my soul and memories, and the sound of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm, and the hope that a fish will rise. Eventually, all things merge into one, and the river runs through it. The river was cut by the world’s great flood, and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words. And some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.
「現在幾乎所有我年輕時愛過但不完全了解的人都死了，包括傑西。但是我仍然向他們伸出我的手。當然我現在老了不再很會釣魚，我通常單獨地在大河裡釣魚，雖然有些朋友勸我不要。但是當我單獨在山谷的陰影下，周圍環境完全融入我的心靈和回憶，大黑腳河的聲音和四拍釣魚法，以及釣大魚的希望。最後所有的事情溶合為一，成為流動的大河。古時候的大洪水創造出河流，河流沖刷著古老的岩石。有些石頭上有不老的雨水。在石頭下有字。有些字是他們擁有的。我產生了一種大河戀。」
對家鄉的依戀，足以產生行動的力量
如果從不動產的角度，我們對土地的態度是從所有權的角度來看，我們都希望有一塊土地或一棟房屋，是屬於我們的財產。
Some place belong to me.
但是什麼時候，我們可以說，有一塊土地，我是屬於這塊土地的子民？
Some place where I belong to.