They were at home in wild places because they had the skill set to find their way out. I found of particular interest her thoughts on native peoples who lived in the wilderness and knew how to read the signs of the natural world, thusly were never truly lost. A quote by Meno, “How will you go about finding that thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you?” seems to float behind every proposed idea. How thrilling she thinks, to leave the door of their suburban home open to dark uncertainty of the night. She becomes a little tipsy and contemplates the idea of a door left open so the prophet may enter. In the opening essay “Open Door” Solnit describes her childhood memory of a Passover dinner in which she mistakenly consumes a glass of wine intended for the prophet Elijah.
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