#robertmacfarlane

[mentalbater]

“‘Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind,’ in Wade Davis’s memorable phrase. We see in words: in webs of words, wefts of words, woods of words. The roots of individual words reach out and intermesh, their stems lean and criss-cross, and their outgrowths branch and clasp.” #RobertMacfarlane (Landmarks, 2015, p.10). If I had one fantasy it would be to write something that Robert Macfarlane considered a literary landmark and hear his reflections on it. I’ve never enjoyed reading someone else’s writing about someone else’s writing quite so much as I enjoyed each of the ten such writings in this work. But this isn’t just an annotated bibliography. This is a personal book, with the author’s own words reaching out and intermeshing all of these venerable works; an overstorey transforming the individual trees into an old-growth forest. What a gift. This book will go on the shelf next to Wall Kimmerer, Oliver, Shepherd, Leopold, Muir, Thoreau, and Emerson - my own forest, as it’s shaping up to be. #Nature #HumanNature #Language #Reading_Life #Reading (at Edmonton, Alberta) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca6L8xIOPkt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#robertmacfarlane #nature #humannature #language #reading_life #reading

[missfliss88]

Books I’ve Read

My first book for 2021 and what a delight! This year I’ve challenged myself to read 50.

My Review.... In my opinion a book that deserves to be read and appreciated by all. It’s full of wonderful word play, acrostic poems, hidden words and beautiful, full page artwork. Good for young and old alike. If you love to read good descriptive work, this is one for you!

#booksiveread #myreview #bookreview #thelostwords #robertmacfarlane #jackiemorris #amazing #words #language #books #reading

[vincemontague]

“We are part mineral beings too – our teeth are reefs, our bones are stones – and there is a geology of the body as well as of the land.” #RobertMacfarlane #Underland #whales #wip #writing #lit #ceramics #bodies #geology #clay #studioart #sculpture #contemporaryceramicsculpture #contemporaryart (at Cloverdale, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLN1j3djrPo/?igshid=29j8zadtt4uu

#robertmacfarlane #underland #whales #wip #writing #lit #ceramics #bodies #geology #clay #studioart #sculpture #contemporaryceramicsculpture #contemporaryart

[jwhitelondon]

"One cannot know the rivers till one has seen them at their sources, but this journey to sources is not to be undertaken lightly." Upstream is a beautiful and stunning short film by Robert Macfarlane on BBC4 shot entirely from the air, it follows the course of the River Dee in Scotland all the way to its source in the Cairngorm mountains, the highest of any river in Britain. Eerie, hypnotic and experimental, this film weaves together- dark and light - creating a songline that draws the viewer up, against the flow, into wildness, winter and strangeness. #upstream #nanshepherd #robertmacfarlane #cairngorm #rivers #riversrun #shortfilm #bbcfour #riverdee #returntothesource #wilderness #winter #wheretheriverruns #riversrunart #rivers #art #photography https://www.instagram.com/p/B3EvoZLDJUm/?igshid=et2stgufl6fy

#upstream #nanshepherd #robertmacfarlane #cairngorm #rivers #riversrun #shortfilm #bbcfour #riverdee #returntothesource #wilderness #winter #wheretheriverruns #riversrunart #art #photography

[sjitendera]

"Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion" - Robert MacFarlane . . . . . . #himalayas #mountains #himachal #naturephotography #naturelovers #nature #trekking #explore #exploreindia #travel #travelphotography #nikon #nikond5500 #triund #jitendera #sjitendera #peace #robertmacfarlane (at Triund Trek) https://www.instagram.com/p/BswfSzNFKJR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=eq1mbaxigvo7

#himalayas #mountains #himachal #naturephotography #naturelovers #nature #trekking #explore #exploreindia #travel #travelphotography #nikon #nikond5500 #triund #jitendera #sjitendera #peace #robertmacfarlane

[itstwads]

Very excited to have received my limited edition copy of Ness by @robgmacfarlane and Stanley Donwood. The care taken over the hand printing process looks amazing upon first viewing. Can't wait to devour this story. #books #bookworm #bookstagram #Ness #robertmacfarlane #stanleydonwood #art https://www.instagram.com/p/BsfTZ5jguWa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=t8652h9pzerl

#books #bookworm #bookstagram #ness #robertmacfarlane #stanleydonwood #art

[pretty-h-machine]

🌬 The sun sets bright as a furnace But I'm not sure quite when my turn is I'm searching for a landmark Gazing out through the dark I need your reminding That the lighthouse is shining Oh when the winds are whipping at the big cut Licking at the quay wall We can feel the musterin' squall I wish that I could fly So I could be home and dry #JohnnyFlynn #RobertMacfarlane #HomeAndDry #thewayoutisthrough 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕'𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒂 𝒖𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒐 𝒅𝒊 𝒑𝒊𝒖' https://www.instagram.com/p/CR_Wl7-FZrq/?utm_medium=tumblr

#johnnyflynn #robertmacfarlane #homeanddry #thewayoutisthrough

[jfwh]

And here at last is part 1! #lostwords #robertmacfarlane #jackiemorrisartist #goldfinch #dandelion #poetry #wildlife #art #book https://www.instagram.com/p/B4gPUZPDlrM/?igshid=ijrki9eyb299

#lostwords #robertmacfarlane #jackiemorrisartist #goldfinch #dandelion #poetry #wildlife #art #book

[concretewheels]

. sketchbook/journal pages (Visual symptoms are not a ready guide.) found book Sept 2019 . A serendipitous pairing. The left - found text, ink & collage. The right - a paragraph (copied down later w/o really paying proper attention to the preceding page) from Robert Macfarlane’s book, Underland, wherein he quotes Rebecca Elson (which led to her wonderful book, A Responsibility to Awe). The quote: . Explaining dark matter As if all there were, were fireflies And from them you could infer the meadow . (Sometimes visual symptoms are a ready guide, or the only one.) . #journal #paintbook #artbook #foundart #alteredbook #encredechine #ink #collage #brushwork #maplereach #tualatindrainage #oregon #pnw #rebeccaelson #robertmacfarlane https://www.instagram.com/p/B27njWmlREh/?igshid=kukzv5opwij8

#journal #paintbook #artbook #foundart #alteredbook #encredechine #ink #collage #brushwork #maplereach #tualatindrainage #oregon #pnw #rebeccaelson #robertmacfarlane

[ogdensburgpubliclibrary]

New novels include James Patterson’s "Unsolved," ,My Life as a Rat" by Joyce Carol Oates, "Skin Game" by Stuart Woods, and "City of Girls," by Elizabeth Gilbert. Learn more about what it took for the Apollo missions to succeed with Robert Stone’s "Chasing the Moon," or examine a more scientific angle with Oliver Morton’s "The Moon: A History for the Future." For more space-related science, try Gordon L. Dillow’s "Fire in the Sky" to learn about the likelihood of major asteroid impacts. Foodies might like Ryan Jacobs’s "The Truffle Underground," about the famed fungus, or Amanda Little’s "The Fate of Food," about what farming might look like in a warmer future. Travel beneath the ground and through both human and geologic history with Robert Macfarlane’s "Underland," or travel the world with some very clever animals in "Supernavigators" by David Barrie. Learn a little bit about language in America with Peter Martin’s "The Dictionary Wars." Find out how birds are named in "Mrs Moreau’s Warbler" by Stephen Moss. If your idea of a pleasant summer day involves a rod and reel, check out "Gather at the River," where 25 popular authors reflect on recreational fishing. Journalist David Rowell talks about music in "Wherever the Sound Takes You," while columnist George F. Will takes on the current state of the "Republican Party in The Conservative Sensibility." Jennifer Berry Hawes reflections on forgiveness and surviving after tragedy with the survivors of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting in "Grace Will Lead Us Home." If you’ve read George Orwell’s "1984," learn the story behind it in Dorian Lynskey’s "The Ministry of Truth." Finally, psychologist Jamil Zaki talks about cultivating empathy in "The War for Kindness." #OgdensburgPublicLibrary #WhatToRead #UseYourLibrary #NewBook #LibraryBook #Bookstagram #NewShelf #ShelfSpotlight #JamesPatterson #JoyceCarolOates #StuartWoods #ElizabethGilbert #RobertStone #OliverMorton #GordonLDillow #RyanJacobs #AmandaLittle #RobertMacfarlane #DavidBarrie #PeterMartin #StephenMoss #DavidRowell #GeorgeFWill #JenniderBerryHawes #DorianLynskey #JamilZaki (at Ogdensburg Public Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/By2jBIaAAjk/?igshid=s65h0zw2xp6s

#ogdensburgpubliclibrary #whattoread #useyourlibrary #newbook #librarybook #bookstagram #newshelf #shelfspotlight #jamespatterson #joycecaroloates #stuartwoods #elizabethgilbert #robertstone #olivermorton #gordonldillow #ryanjacobs #amandalittle #robertmacfarlane #davidbarrie #petermartin #stephenmoss #davidrowell #georgefwill #jenniderberryhawes #dorianlynskey #jamilzaki

[thegraffitihunter]

pathways “a walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells.” ― Robert Macfarlane…

#abstract #Art #color #cosmic #design #drawing #helenbirdart #ink #inksanity #pathways #robertmacfarlane

[rugbby]

危險是否會影響道道，這個問題極為難解。然而，我確實知道也發現一點：如果你來到一個危險的地方，然後掉頭離開，既使這樣做可能很對也很明智，你的品德還是會微微受損，你變得稍稍軟弱、無活力、陰柔，未來可能會容易激動犯錯。反之，若你堅持迎向危險，既使那顯然既魯莽且與愚蠢，但你經此一役便成為更強更好的男人，更適合每一種工作和考驗，不過就是危險可以創造這種效果。 #心向群山 #mountain #mountainclimbing #reading #bookstagram #robertmacfarlane https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt2XwWOnCmD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=z2s2lzj3yagb

#心向群山 #mountain #mountainclimbing #reading #bookstagram #robertmacfarlane

[pinstripepulpit]

I'm looking forward to this little book by Robert Macfarlane, 'The Gifts of Reading' (Penguin UK, 2016). . . #book #books #robertmacfarlane #reqding #bookstagram #penguinbooks #shelfie (at Lexington, Kentucky)

#bookstagram #books #book #penguinbooks #robertmacfarlane #shelfie #reqding

[bunnypainter]

Crown Shyness, watercolor on paper, 12"x18", 2020 by Nancy Polo.

From Robert MacFarlane's Understory, "We stop and lie down for a while on the woodland floor, on our backs, not speaking, watching the trees’ gentle movements in the breeze, and the light lacing and lancing from fifty feet or more above us. Where the pollards spread out to form the canopies, I realize I can trace patterns of space running along the edges of each tree’s canopy: the beautiful phenomenon known as ‘crown shyness’, whereby individual forest trees respect each other’s space, leaving slender running gaps between the end of one tree’s outermost leaves and the start of another’s."

#understory #trees #october #light #throughthetrees #watercolorpainting #robertmacfarlane

#understory trees october light throughthetrees watercolorpainting robertmacfarlane

[pretty-h-machine]

🎶 There's a blackbird perched in the branches of the silver birch Growing from my chambered heart Singing through the rising dark Singing of the world to come #JohnnyFlynn #RobertMacfarlane #theworldtocome #Blackbird #birdsofinstagram #birdgardening #birdpeople #birdwatching #merlo (presso Montebelluna) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRwanu-N5RS/?utm_medium=tumblr

#johnnyflynn #robertmacfarlane #theworldtocome #blackbird #birdsofinstagram #birdgardening #birdpeople #birdwatching #merlo

[fromearthtoluna]

☾ ——————— Many people who travel to mountaintops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion. ——————— 🗣 #robertmacfarlane 📌 #mtbaldly #angelesnationalforest #sangabrielmountains 🗺 #theadventureisfree (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpAWz9lnwoy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11um7m5kscd7a

#robertmacfarlane #mtbaldly #angelesnationalforest #sangabrielmountains #theadventureisfree