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The name of our proper connection to the earth is 'good work,' for good work involves much giving of honor. It honors the source of its materials; it honors the place where it is done; it honors the art by which it is

The name of our proper connection to the earth is 'good work,' for good work involves much giving of honor. It honors the source of its materials; it honors the place where it is done; it honors the art by which it is done; it honors the thing that it makes and the user of the made thing.

Wendell Berry
Art, Work, Names
Wendell Berry (1993). “Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays”, Pantheon

From the union of power and money, from the union of power and secrecy, from the union of government and science, from the union of government and art, from the union of science and money, from the union of ambition and ignorance, from the union of genius and war, from the union of outer space and inner vacuity, the Mad Farmer walks quietly away.

Wendell Berry
Art, War, Ambition
Wendell Berry (2009). “The Mad Farmer Poems”, p.17, Counterpoint Press

An art that heals and protects its subject is a geography of scars.

Wendell Berry
Art, Scar, Geography
Wendell Berry (2010). “What Are People For?: Essays”, p.7, Counterpoint Press

The most available example of how poetry works for a poet is yourself, and yet you'll probably be the last one to know exactly how you're serving the art and how the art is serving you.

Wendell Berry
Art, Example, Lasts
"Singing to Keep the Mind Awake: Interview with Wendell Berry". Interview with Birkin Gilmore, poems.com. 2007.

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