Why I'm Still An Optomist

Edward Abbey: 1/1/83

Edward Abbey: 1/1/83

I'd like to see
North America become
a dry, sunny, sandy region
inhabited mainly by
lizards, buzzards and
a modest human population
- about 25 million
would be plenty
- of pastoralists
and prospectors
(prospecting for truth),
gathering once a year
in the ruins of ancient,
mysterious cities
for great ceremonies
of music, art, dance, poetry,
joy, faith and renewal.
That's my dream of the American future.
Like most such dreams,
it will probably come true.
That is why I'm still an optimist.
--Edward Abbey
Postcards from Ed:
Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast

trailer for Wrenched


SPREAD THE WORD AND CARRY ON
TRY TO IGNORE THE VULTURES
THE HOODOO LAND OF SPIRE AND PINNACLE
MAN RUNNING
STOP TOO LONG AND THEY COVER YOU WITH ROCKS
MAY YOUR RIVERS FLOW WITHOUT END