# Cosmos Café \[2021-04-29\]: The Wholeness of Nature 4

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**Created:** [April 16, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/cosmos-cafe-2021-04-29-the-wholeness-of-nature-4/4765 "2021-04-16T08:39:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Douggins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/infiniteconversations/user_avatar/www.infiniteconversations.com/douggins/32/1351_2.png) [@Douggins](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/u/Douggins)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/cosmos-cafe-2021-04-29-the-wholeness-of-nature-4/4765/9 "2021-04-25T11:23:22Z")

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> **[Sleight of Flower — Caesura](https://caesuramag.org/posts/george-quasha-sleight-of-flower)**
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> Our participation in nature is a creative act by which nature knows its further nature, as we know our own.

This gorgeous piece by George Quasha (who I had only heard of from @hfester 's reference to his work during [_The Minor Gesture_ reading](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/the-minor-gesture-by-erin-manning-meeting-3-chapter-2-artfulness-emergent-collectivities-and-processes-of-individuation/1984/8) and during [Quantum Poetics](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/quantum-poetics/2047/9)) fits like an additional [axial stone](https://www.google.com/search?q=george+quasha+axial+stone&rlz=1C1JZAP_enUS925US925&prmd=insv&sxsrf=ALeKk03PpQVyOT2xdAK9cGlXpEUYsSADKw:1619349484020&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwim_Yv2opnwAhVEOs0KHRqLCoYQ_AUoAXoECAEQAQ&biw=1440&bih=888) atop our _Wholeness_ discussion and our Consciously Evolving Language sessions. Quasha does not directly reference Bortoft in this superb essay but rather is his poetic doppelganger. (“Anything valuable is subject to counterfeit”). A stunning read for your Sunday morning/evening. Perhaps we can discuss this piece here, Thursday, or in a separate Cafe?

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