she asks what it all means. The hard, incredible beauty of a monarch migration, the cruelty of a female mantis eating her mate while they couple, the insanity of the pine processionary caterpillar that follows unswervingly a track laid down by its leader and does so even if the procession is in a circle, round and round until it dies of starvation, -- what force lies behind such beauties, cruelties, insanities? Is it mindless or intelligent, evil or good?
from Powells: Review-A-Day: Attractions and Dangers of Nostalgia: A Review by Hayden Carruth
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