9780231164993

Recovering Place

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9780231164993

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Overview

Mark C. Taylor recounts a poignant love affair not with a person but with a place that, paradoxically, cannot be easily localized. For many years, Taylor has lived in the Berkshire Mountains, where he writes and creates land art and sculpture. In a world of mobile screens and virtual realities, where speed is the measure of success and place is disappearing, his work slows down thought and brings life back to earth to give readers time to ponder the importance of place before it slips away.

Taylor extends reflection beyond the page and returns with new insights about what is hiding in plain sight all around us. Weaving together words and images, his artful work enacts what it describes. Things long familiar suddenly appear strange, and the strange, unexpected, and unprogrammed unsettle readers in surprising ways. This timely meditation gives pause in the midst of harried lives and turns attention toward what we usually overlook: night, silence, touch, grace, ghosts, water, earth, stones, bones, idleness, infinity, slowness, and contentment. Recovering Place is a unique work with reflections that linger long after the book is closed.

ISBN-13

9780231164993

ISBN-10

0231164998

Weight

1.56 Pounds

Dimensions

10.00 x 7.70 x 0.40 In

List Price

$26.00

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

176 pages

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published On

2016-08-09



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