News at Eleven: Yes, and she's explaining to Celie that,

you know, the beauty of nature is what reminds us of what is divine, I mean, that we're already in heaven, really. It's just that we haven't noticed it, and we've been diverted by people who want us to believe whatever it is they are basically selling us. But if you pass by the color purple in a field and you don't even notice it, why should you even be here on the planet? I mean, you should notice what is here, because it is wonderful and amazing and loves you back by its beauty and by its fragrance or however it can love you back.

from Democracy Now: Alice Walker on 30th Anniv. of "The Color Purple": Racism, Violence Against Women Are Global Issues
then Democracy Now: Palestine Conditions "More Brutal" Than in U.S. South of 50 Years Ago, Says Author Alice Walker

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