{"product_id":"thoreau-and-the-art-of-life-isbn-9781556438837","title":"Thoreau and the Art of Life","description":"Featuring nearly 100 luminous watercolor illustrations, \u003ci\u003eThoreau and the Art of Life \u003c\/i\u003ecollects eloquent passages from the writings\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eof the seminal author and philosopher.  Drawn mainly from\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehis journals, the short excerpts provide fascinating insight into\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehis thought processes by presenting his raw, unedited feelings\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eabout the things that  meant the most to him. The book reflects\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThoreau’s deep beliefs and ideas about nature,  relationships, creativity,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003espirituality, aging, simplicity, and wisdom. By eloquently\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexpressing his thoughts about life and what gives it value, he\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eleads the reader to  a closer examination of life. Thoreau’s work\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003easks us to live our own truths with  joy and discipline and to recognize\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethat we live in a universe of extraordinary beauty,  mystery,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand wonder.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAn avid reader of Thoreau, editor and illustrator Roderick\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eMacIver organized the passages by themes: love and friendship;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eart, creativity, and  writing; aging, disease, and death; human society\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand culture; nature and the human  connection to the natural\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eworld; and wisdom, truth, solitude, and simplicity. The  book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eincludes a chronology and brief biography. Thoreau’s words of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewisdom combined  with MacIver’s vivid illustrations of the American\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003elandscape will resonate with nature  enthusiasts and a broad\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003erange of readers interested in art, environmentalism, literature,  and\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ephilosophy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful, but it is more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts. Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour.”\u003cbr\u003e—Henry David Thoreau“\u003ci\u003eThoreau and the Art of Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of intrinsic beauty and calmness. The confluence of Roderick MacIver’s art and Thoreau’s text is so natural it is hard to say whether the art illustrates the words or the words depict the art.”\u003cbr\u003e—Jeffrey S. Cramer, Curator of Collections, the Walden Woods Project\/Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods, Lincoln, MassachusettsHenry David Thoreau (1817—1862) is best known for his book \u003ci\u003eWalden \u003c\/i\u003eand his essay \u003ci\u003eCivil Disobedience. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoderick MacIver’s artwork appears\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein collections worldwide. The founder of Heron Dance,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ean organization celebrating the human connection to\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003enature through art, he lives in New York’s Adirondack\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eMountains.","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233780674789,"sku":"NP9781556438837","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781556438837.jpg?v=1767742545","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/thoreau-and-the-art-of-life-isbn-9781556438837","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}