Meditations on Nature, Meditations on Silence

by Roderick MacIver (Editor)

Meditations on Nature, Meditations on Silence is a collection of hundreds of quotes on the beauty and mystery of the natural world by writers and thinkers, including Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, Edward Abbey, Rainer Maria Rilke, Henry David Thoreau, Louise Dickinson Rich, and Lewis Thomas.

Through their inspirational poetry and other writings and Rod MacIver’s beautiful watercolors, Meditations on Nature, Meditations on Silence offers readers a retreat from our complex, fast-paced world. This book explores the beauty, strange cohesion, and complexity of the natural world and universe, drawing on sources as diverse as ancient Chinese poets, contemporary songwriters, wilderness adventurers, homesteaders, and modern scientists.

Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry, Art

96 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2006

About the author

Roderick MacIver published the periodical Heron Dance for twenty-five years, has been a full-time working artist for thirty years and has authored fourteen books on the creative process, the beauty and mystery of wild nature and of life, and books about the human search for meaning. His art has been featured in several books by others and is in a number of public and private collections.

Reviews

[andrea]

A great escape into the outdoors when you can't and a push to make you want to get outside immediately! Awesome watercolors...

[Kym]

I was introduced to this lovely book by my watercolor instructor. Beautiful images; lovely words. A new favorite!

[E]

This isn't something to read, but to wander through. Calming and beautiful watercolors, serene quotes, poems.......... lovely and peaceful.