Paint a man’s house and he’ll have a nice painted house for about four years. But teach a man to paint and he’ll be able to make his canoe look like a fish. -Old Chinese Proverb- “So…” devil’s-advocate-Scott leads off, “…how do you have a personal relationship with a wetland area?” “Well…” I reply, “…it isn’t quite as complicated as having an imaginary dialogue with yourself, or believing in an invisible living God who was executed (briefly) in a political dispute with first century Romans…but…I guess what I’m really describing is a certain familiarity with a physical area developed over time.” “I see,” says devil’s-advocate-Scott (hereafter simply Rational Scott or R.S.), “you’re simply anthropomorphizing the wetland area.” “I wish you wouldn’t be so dismissive.” I say, sensitive to the smug tones accenting Rational Scott’s immediate conclusion. I continue, “This metaphorical framework for relating to an ‘area’ as an...
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