“Wildness,” according to Martin Shaw, “is a form of sophistication, because it carries a true knowledge of our place in the world. It doesn’t exclude civilization, but prowls through it. It knows when to attend to the needs of the committee, and when to drink from the moonlit lake. It wears a suit when it has to, but refuses to trim its talons or whiskers. It is not afraid of emotion, of grief forests and triumphant returns.”
