language and life

Arthur Haines talks about how the language we speak shapes our experience of life.

http://www.danielvitalis.com/rewild-yourself-podcast/arthur-haines-on-how-speaking-english-impacts-our-relationship-with-nature

• The wild experience vs. the civilized experience
• The language of imperialism
• How Arthur became interested in learning an indigenous language
• Language shapes how we think
• Loss of language diversity
• The narrow aperture of the English language
• English is a language of war
• Indigenous languages integrate verbs into the landscape
• Freedom of mind
• Religion and language
• Language of a fluid worldview
• Experiencing life as verbs and not as nouns
• "Spending time"
• Future of the Passamaquoddy language
• How Arthur integrates Passamaquoddy into his lifestyle
• Exploring languages indigenous to your area
• Indigenous language reveals water as medicine