[W.F. Lantry]

Originally Posted by Erik Olson

"What then does ich bin mean? The old word bauen, to which the bin belongs, answers: ich bin, du bist mean: I dwell, you dwell. The way in which you are and I am, the manner in which we humans are on the earth, is Buan, dwelling. To be a human being means to be on the earth as a mortal. it means to dwell. The old word bauen, which says that man is insofar as he dwells, this word barren however also means at the same time to cherish and protect, to preserve and care for, specifically to till the soil, to cultivate the vine."

Wait a minute. Does this mean that taking care of my chickens, and growing vines over their coop and run, is actually a poetic act?

Thanks,

Bill