Most people I talk to about my struggle for sustainable development of Motovun are truly puzzled by my obsession. They cannot figure out what is in it for me.

Addendum (October 30, 2009)

As I usually do, I posted this prose poem on Facebook. Having done this, I looked for a picture that would complement it in a file I keep for that purpose. It did not take me long to choose a black-and-white photograph of Tatanka Yotanka, hunkpapa Dakota—the father or chief of Dakota Indians, otherwise known as the Sitting Bull (c. 1831-1890). A poster with his picture, made in 1885, used to hang right in the middle of my place many years ago. Anyhow, the picture goes perfectly well with the prose poem. Out of the blue, it points a finger at our what-is-in-it-for-me civilization. Would that a photograph of my own face carried so much meaning an entire century from now!