Borrowing Nature
As I understand it, there is a tradition in many northwest Native American cultures that if a totem poles falls to the ground, it must be left there to decompose, untouched. I think this is a beautiful way of looking at nature: man borrows the tree and carves it to suit his needs. But when wind or storms cause it to fall, the tribe’s reverence for nature means that Earth should reclaim what rightfully belongs to it.