Robin Kimmerer: On ways of knowing (I)

We say it’s an innocent way of knowing, and, in fact, it’s a very worldly and wise way of knowing. That kind of deep attention that we pay as children is something that I cherish, that I think we all can cherish and reclaim, because attention is that doorway to gratitude, the doorway to wonder, the doorway to reciprocity. And it worries me greatly that today’s children can recognize 100 corporate logos and fewer than ten plants. 
Robin Kimmerer, excerpt of her interview on OnBeing. OnBeing.org
Image, Moss in the Nitobe Memorial Garden, Vancouver,BC