Tree.

There’s a scene in the documentary The Practice of the Wild where Jim Harrison and Gary Snyder are discussing reincarnation. Snyder remarks that reincarnation is “a charming metaphor that means that I have done everything already. I’ve had every possible experience already. I’ve been in every possible form. I’ve been a woman, I’ve been a butterfly, and I’ve been a mosquito.” Moved by this list of possibilities, Harrison pipes up. “A tree,” he says. “I like the idea of being a tree.” 

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