Dawn light: dancing with cranes and other ways to start the day
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In an eye-opening sequence of personal meditations through the cycle of seasons, Diane Ackerman awakens us to the world at dawn--drawing on sources as diverse as meteorology, world religion, etymology, art history, poetry, organic farming, and beekeeping. As a patient and learned observer of animal and human physiology and behavior, she introduces us to varieties of bird music and other signs of avian intelligence, while she herself "migrates" from winter in Florida to spring, summer, and fall in upstate New York. Humans might luxuriate in the idea of being "in" nature, Ackerman points out, but we often forget that we are nature--for "no facet of nature is as unlikely as we, the tiny bipeds with the giant dreams." Joining science's devotion to detail with religion's appreciation of the sublime, Dawn Light is an impassioned celebration of the miracles of evolution--especially human consciousness of our numbered days on a turning earth.
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Subjects
Biography & Autobiography
Effect of environment on
Human beings
Human beings -- Effect of environment on
Ithaca (N.Y.)
Katsushika, Hokusai
Katsushika, Hokusai, -- 1760-1849
Meditations
Monet, Claude
Monet, Claude, -- 1840-1926
Nature
Nature -- Psychological aspects
Nonfiction
Palm Beach (Fla.)
Psychological aspects
Satisfaction
Seasons
Seasons -- Psychological aspects
Sei Shōnagon
Sei Shōnagon, -- b. ca. 967
Effect of environment on
Human beings
Human beings -- Effect of environment on
Ithaca (N.Y.)
Katsushika, Hokusai
Katsushika, Hokusai, -- 1760-1849
Meditations
Monet, Claude
Monet, Claude, -- 1840-1926
Nature
Nature -- Psychological aspects
Nonfiction
Palm Beach (Fla.)
Psychological aspects
Satisfaction
Seasons
Seasons -- Psychological aspects
Sei Shōnagon
Sei Shōnagon, -- b. ca. 967
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9780393061734
9781400193141
9781400193141
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Dawn Light Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day Dawn light : dancing with cranes and other ways to start the day / Diane Ackerman |
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Biography & Autobiography Effect of environment on Human beings Katsushika, Hokusai Meditations Monet, Claude Nature Nonfiction Psychological aspects Satisfaction Seasons Sei Shōnagon |