Will Davis
Will Davis
solitude risk understanding
Risk discomfort and solitude for understanding.
memories past axes
In the West we cling to the past like limpets. In Haiti the present is the axis of all life. As in Africa, past and future are but distant measures of the present, and memories are as meaningless as promises.
oil sacred drilling
Mining in BC's Sacred Headwaters is like drilling for oil in the Sistine Chapel
destiny giving patient
So be patient. Do not compromise. And give your destiny time to find you.
haiti drink rum
Only, in Haiti, I realized, is it possible to drink rum and haggle with a god.
country dog government
We accept it as normal that people who have never been on the land, who have no history or connection to the country, may legally secure the right to come in and, by the very nature of their enterprises, leave in their wake a cultural and physical landscape utterly transformed and desecrated. What's more, in granting such mining concessions, often initially for trivial sums to speculators from distant cities, companies cobbled together with less history than my dog, the government places no cultural or market value on the land itself.
hero perfect brave
Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.
culture paper would-be
On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.
culture threat
Change is no threat to culture.
new-orleans oxygen car
I witnessed a surgery on a patient from New Orleans who was in a car accident. He didn't have any flow of oxygen. He couldn't breathe. He couldn't get a good flow of oxygen, so they did a surgery on him right there, and I was just holding the IV up watching.
communication guy analyzing
I was analyzing the guys' nonverbal communication..
letting-go stress worry
Still the mind. Inhale peace. Let go of worries. Exhale stress. Notice the breath. Connect to all. Embrace calm.
years survival fifty
Our five senses evolved for survivability, and probably are the minimum necessary for our survival. There is so much of the universe which we cannot and do not see... We do now know from instrumentation developed just in the last fifty years more about some of what's out there in the universe.
want imagine settling
Imagine settling for a life you can have because you don't have the courage to go after the life you really want.