Undersound: The Secret Lives of Ponds and the Mysterious Musicality of the World
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Undersound: The Secret Lives of Ponds and the Mysterious Musicality of the World
In poetry, we hear in the background the swirling connotations and corollaries, sedimented lines of comeanings, and fossilized records of concept histories; in science, we hear similar material resonances, eerie, and far away, as we listen to Nature’s lyrics.
Perry Zurn • Curious Minds: The Power of Connection
Theodor Schwenk’s book, Sensitive Chaos, should be required
reading for all Terrestrials. Schwenk writes:
“Men gradually lost the knowledge and experience of water, until at
last they came to see it merely as a substance and means of
transmitting energy. Man now looked no longer at the being of
water but merely at its physical value. Certain archetypal
... See moreI couldn’t agree more. The majesty of nature is not restricted to canyons and mountains. It can be found in the wilds of perception—the sensory spaces that lie outside our Umwelt and within those of other animals. To perceive the world through other senses is to find splendor in familiarity, and the sacred in the mundane. Wonders exist in a
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