"Yet the microcosmic revelation of the deep cut only reveals itself by virtue of a human interpreter." pg. 137
This quote is really interesting to me. Gatta discusses sand foliage's significance to Thoreau. However, with this quote reiderates the importance of hermenuetics. Every person is entitles to their own interpretation of nature. When it came to the sand foliage, people's interpretations helped to give it an identity as something sacred. As soon as people begin to view some place as sacred, it becomes so. Without any sort of interpretation, nature is just nature, but as soon as people interact and interpret it, it can become sacred.
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