My Own Research:
Other Research:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9754067/
“As I go into Earth, she pierces my heart. As I penetrate further, she unveils me. When I have reached her center, I am weeping openly. I have known her all my life, yet she reveals stories to me, and these stories are revelations, and I am transformed… Her renewal washes over me endlessly… I become aware of all that has come between us… Now my body reaches out to her. They speak effortlessly, and I learn at no instant does she fail me in her presence. She is as delicate as I am. I feel her pain and my own pain comes into me, and my own pain grows large
–Susan Griffin (Powch 1994).
and I grasp it with my hands, and I know why she goes on under great weight, in every act does she survive disaster. I love how we admire this strength in each other, all that we have lost, all that we have suffered, all that we know. And I do not forget what she is to me, what I am to her.”
Bird Brains 