David Abram Quote
As nonhuman animals, plants, and even 'inanimate' rivers once spoke to our oral ancestors, so the ostensibly inert letters on the page now speak to us! This is a form of animism that we take for granted, but it is animism nonetheless - as mysterious as a talking stone.
The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World (ed. Vintage, 2012) - ISBN: 9780307830555