Everything is related.

"It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives. Nourish it then, that it may leaf and bloom and fill with singing birds." Black Elk

"The sacred tree of which Black Elk spoke long ago is the tree of awareness that has been given to all of us.  Far removed from the soil as most of us are, we are all people of the earth. Our roots reach back beyond the asphalt and concrete, down deeper than any building foundation. They reach back to the very dawn of creation.
Hidden in our hearts are levels of awareness we have forgotten. Like great reservoirs they lie just beneath the surface, waiting to be tapped, waiting for their chance to gush to the surface and remind us of who we really are. We can all see, hear, smell, taste, touch, and feel much more than we do. The roots of the sacred tree are as much our birthright as the American Indian's or any other people who have walked the earth. They only wait to be rediscovered."

"Everything was related. Everything was part of the great cosmic unity, the spirit-that-moves-through-all-things."
"This way of looking at things is not so unusual if we stop to think about it. Plants and animals have needs very similar to our own. We have all sprung mysteriously from the same earth, and we all have a common umbilical cord. The earth is our mother--the womb of creation and the giver of life. When we begin to sense the truth of this, those things that grow from the earth can then be seen as brothers and sisters." 

Tom Brown's Field Guide to Living with the Earth

 

 blackberry and moss dye with seawater on cotton

blackberry dye with seawater on cotton