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The subsection "Foraging for Meaning," a list of found and created objects, does more to paint the narrative of the liminal space between civilization and the wild than any narrative. It is merely a list, but to me it seemed something much, much more poignant, showing, rather than telling, revealing meaning without speaking of meaning at all.

Had a flood of thoughts on this that is too long for a progress update. I'll be writing this in my journal (yes, I keep a journal) and transcribe it later, when I'm done with the book. It's actually given me impetus to dedicate more time to getting this thing read and done.

The last section was decent. Lots of ups and downs with this book.

Is this book good, or just nice? I toggle back and forth between opinions on this one. I can't decide if it's "big" or "small," and I frankly only have an ill-conceived hint of a notion about what I even mean by that. It has its moments, but, then again, it has its moments, whatever that means in my intellectually lazy assessment. Maybe this book isn't for me, or I'm not for it?