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A review by cattytrona
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.0
i found this really powerful for two thirds: made me feel different, awake, ready to change my relationship with the world, i think. and then the weather changed, and it got greyer, and i only read the last part, rather than feeling it. it's a book that's meant to be read outside, i think.
and that doesn't mean the last part was bad, i was just in a different frame of mind, and so it didn't work the same way. there's something quite exciting about that: i know, knew even as i was reading it, that on a reread, my experience would be different, that different moments and messages and strands would resonate. that's cool, right. a finite book creating a very different experience each time isn't finite anymore. on this read, i really loved the chapter about clearing the pond, it made me think about what i want from where i live, how i want the outdoors around me to be.
and that doesn't mean the last part was bad, i was just in a different frame of mind, and so it didn't work the same way. there's something quite exciting about that: i know, knew even as i was reading it, that on a reread, my experience would be different, that different moments and messages and strands would resonate. that's cool, right. a finite book creating a very different experience each time isn't finite anymore. on this read, i really loved the chapter about clearing the pond, it made me think about what i want from where i live, how i want the outdoors around me to be.