Wendell Berry R.I.P.

we're going to miss his voice💜
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Berry

His anti war stance made me a life long follower of his way of thinking on all things.....

We seek to preserve peace by fighting a war, or to advance freedom by subsidizing dictatorships, or to 'win the hearts and minds of the people' by poisoning their crops and burning their villages and confining them in concentration camps; we seek to uphold the 'truth' of our cause with lies, or to answer conscientious dissent with threats and slurs and intimidations. . . . I have come to the realization that I can no longer imagine a war that I would believe to be either useful or necessary. I would be against any war.

Berry delivered "A Statement Against the War in Vietnam" during the Kentucky Conference on the War and the Draft on February 10, 1968, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.

do you have a favorite quote?
something he said or wrote that inspired you?

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I really enjoyed all of his writings. I would say my favorite is Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community. One of my favorite quotes is in my signature line below.

Berry’s writing changed my life. What a life!

from an NPR story today:

 In a 1998 interview for All Things Considered, Berry was hesitant to provide advice to young people looking to take after him, telling NPR's Noah Adams, "I think advising the young about a life course is probably not a responsible thing to do."

But when pressed, Berry added that, if at all possible, young people should look for opportunities to "stop some place, and stay there. Learn the history of it, and the names of the plants and animals and the neighbors."

Berry's writing is a lesson for the ages on slowing down, noticing, and deeply loving and respecting our surroundings.