“No\u00a0culture has yet solved the dilemma each has faced<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with the growth of a conscious mind: how to live a moral<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and compassionate existence when one is fully aware<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of the blood, the horror inherent in all life, when one<\/p>\n\n\n\n
finds darkness not only in one’s own culture but<\/p>\n\n\n\n
within oneself. If there is a stage at which an individual<\/p>\n\n\n\n
life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the irony in it’s unfolding and accepts responsibility<\/p>\n\n\n\n
for a\u00a0 life lived in the midst of such paradox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One must live in the middle of contradiction because<\/p>\n\n\n\n
if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would<\/p>\n\n\n\n
collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
great pressing questions. You continue to live them<\/p>\n\n\n\n
out, making your life a worthy expression of a leaning<\/p>\n\n\n\n
into the light.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Excerpted from “Arctic Dreams”, author Barry Lopez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Publisher Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also published simultaneously in Canada by<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Collier Macmillan Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Islander.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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