When it closes around you, you can’t see anything but grass blades. You don’t know where the ocean is; you don’t know where the land you came from is. That’s a terrifying, terrifying feeling. But it’s only terrifying if your attitude is that the grass is against you. When the wind begins to blow, though, all the grass leans to one side in an enormous whispering movement. Then it’s possible for a certain kind of person to have an entirely different feeling about the alien quality of the grass.
James Dickey • Self-Interviews
















