Terry Tempest Williams
Terry Tempest Williams
Terry Tempest Williams, is an American author, conservationist and activist. Williams’ writing is rooted in the American West and has been significantly influenced by the arid landscape of her native Utah and its Mormon culture. Her work ranges from issues of ecology and wilderness preservation, to women's health, to exploring our relationship to culture and nature...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth8 September 1955
CountryUnited States of America
memories home way
memory is the only way home.
animal vegetables sacred
I accept the Organic Trinity of Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal with as much authority as I accept the Holy Trinity. Both are sacred.
thinking answers century
I think about capitalism, consumerism, our consumptive nature as a species approaching the 21st century. I certainly don't have the answers.
people church chosen
There is no one true church, no one chosen people.
mind
The mind creates those things that exist.
real dark light
What is real to me is the power of our awareness when we are focused on something beyond ourselves. It is a shaft of light shining in a dark corner. Our ability to shift our perceptions and seek creative alternatives to the conondrums of modernity is in direct proportion to our empathy. Can we imagine, witness, and ultimately feel the suffering of another?
thinking choices looks
I look at Los Angeles and I ask myself, How can this ever be sustainable? And what are we contributing to that? Because we are all complicit. None of us is without blame. It's so difficult and it's so overwhelming and I think we have to make small choices in our own lives that can loom large collectively.
speaks-out culture sin
I grew up in a culture in which it was a sin for a woman to speak out.
perfection want flaws
Who wants to be a goddess when we can be human? Perfection is a flaw disguised as control.
energy admire protect
I admire how she protects her energy and understands her limitations.
dogma kind evangelism
I am not so interested in religion or dogma of any kind. It is too restrictive for me, too organizational, too hierarchical, and too tied up in power and being right. You call it a "rabid evangelism."
together pieces left
Women piece together their lives from the scraps left over for them.
language
Word by word, the language of women so often begins with a whisper.
land shapes culture
Lanscape shapes culture.