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A step outside of thought
and I return in
to the unknown.
To the cold,
dark waters
of early Spring,
Where attention
gives us
each to receive.
Before discernment there was wonder.
Within the silence
there is song.
All around
the frogs
are chirping,
A soft red
touches
the branches,
And with eyes
as wide as sunshine,
I return to nothing.
My name is Douglass DeCandia, or "digs." I am part of a collective of individuals working to make space for people to connect deeply with each other, with humanity, and with the land. As a farmer I am committed to soil, to growing and sharing food and medicine, and to the healing of both people and the Earth.
The Center's campus is a workspace for Chicago-based staff, a retreat center for the Center's gatherings of thought-leaders, a laboratory in which to practice land-relationship ideas shared by Center contributors, and (one day soon) a welcoming space for periodic public events.
Center for Humans and Nature
17660 West Casey Road
Libertyville, Illinois 60048
