http:\/\/www.state-journal.com\/local%20news\/2010\/07\/03\/why-wendell-berry-s-pulling-his-personal-papers-from-uk<\/a><\/p>\nLots of winsome, insightful, and always prophetic statements about injustice in this terrific interview. \u00a0Berry tries harder than most of us to be a steward of the physical world, but his honesty in falling short is refreshing. Al Gore could learn a lesson from Berry’s humility and candor!<\/strong><\/p>\nHere a few tidbits:<\/strong><\/p>\nHave you tried to look at wind and solar energy?<\/strong><\/p>\nWind out here in this river valley is not much of an option. But we have thought of installing solar panels. And I say when I get time I\u2019ll get around to that. But I\u2019m leading an incredibly busy life. There are two or three candidates for every minute I have. We\u2019re guilty. I am glad to say there are a number of electronic things I don\u2019t have.<\/strong><\/p>\nDid you like \u2018Wild Blessings: A Celebration of Wendell Berry,\u2019 shown at Actors Theatre in Louisville?<\/strong><\/p>\nYes, I was surprised to be moved by it. I didn\u2019t know how I was going to feel about it. My family liked it, I think. It was a generosity to me on the part of Actors Theater and I appreciated it. They could hardly have been more kind and accommodating. I am of course a book person and value that moment in the quiet when a person sits down with a book. That\u2019s what I\u2019m writing for \u2013 that moment. I\u2019m not a theater person. What they managed to do as theater people was far beyond anything I would be capable of. So I have to hand them a lot of credit and admiration for what they were able to do.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
When you were younger, did you have a desire to be a famous writer?<\/strong><\/p>\nI had a great desire to be a writer. I didn\u2019t desire to be a famous one. I wanted to be a good one. Ken Kesey, a very good friend of mine who was a famous writer, said fame is a wart, and he meant it. It\u2019s a disfigurement. You\u2019re not famous as yourself; you\u2019re famous for what people think you are. It\u2019s a caricature.<\/strong><\/p>\nWhy haven\u2019t you gone to a computer?<\/strong><\/p>\nI just don\u2019t want to. I just don\u2019t want to be a part of that crowd that rushes out and buys every damn gadget that comes on the market. I\u2019m just not going to do it. I don\u2019t need it. I like to work in the quiet. I have a system of writing that is very satisfactory. I use a spiral notebook, and I write on the right-hand page. Anything I want to add I put on the left-hand page. If I don\u2019t like what I\u2019ve done, I rip pages out and start all over again. It\u2019s pretty good technology. I have a pencil and eraser. It\u2019s wonderful new technology, that eraser is.<\/strong><\/p>\nAre you going to get a hybrid vehicle someday?<\/strong><\/p>\nI don\u2019t know. I\u2019m going to be 76 years old in August, so talking to me about someday is kind of a provisional exercise.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Do you feel old?<\/strong><\/p>\nWhen I\u2019m tired, yes. It\u2019s possible for me now to get tired and feel old. But being young is very habit forming and as I go about my work I don\u2019t think a lot about being old. I\u2019ve got pains. My back hurts. I don\u2019t have the elasticity I used to have and I don\u2019t have the endurance. But I\u2019m still fairly capable physically.<\/strong><\/p>\nEverything\u2019s harder on a hill farm. But this is the kind of land that will teach you something in a hurry, about water and erosion control. And there\u2019s all this woodland around. It\u2019s been a great place to be.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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