A review by richardwells
Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day by Diane Ackerman
5.0
I was raised a Catholic, left the church at 14, played around with atheism/agnosticism riddled with teen angst, kept circling 'round the church trying to catch the scent of something meaningful until religious nostalgia became the driver. Somewhere in there I joined Rick in Casablanca and changed my nationality to "...drunkard. That makes Rick a citizen of the world." Eventually hooked up with the hippies, drugs and new age nonsense, catching glimmers. Danced with the Sufis, chanted with the Buddhists, converted to Judaism, returned to Catholicism, threw my hands up in the air, got sober, and a little centered. I thought the mysteries were in some sort of supernatural realm, but I was confusing mysteries with fiction. Lately I've come back around to a non-theistic Buddhism, and a real attraction to the world as it is.
Diane Ackerman writes about the world as it is, she's a naturalist with a poetic bent, and though that bent is a little florid it's easy to wince through and get on with the wonder she sees, feels, and communicates about the world around us.
Dawn Light, is a series of morning meditations broken out into the seasons, and is a wonderful way to start the day. Filled with ah-ha's, laced with humor, and hugely, hugely enjoyable. One of those cosmologists, it's been attributed to a few, said, "The universe is not only stranger than you imagine, it's stranger than you can imagine." Amen. Diane Ackerman gives us the natural, the strange, the territory between, and reminds me that the natural is supernatural enough.
Diane Ackerman writes about the world as it is, she's a naturalist with a poetic bent, and though that bent is a little florid it's easy to wince through and get on with the wonder she sees, feels, and communicates about the world around us.
Dawn Light, is a series of morning meditations broken out into the seasons, and is a wonderful way to start the day. Filled with ah-ha's, laced with humor, and hugely, hugely enjoyable. One of those cosmologists, it's been attributed to a few, said, "The universe is not only stranger than you imagine, it's stranger than you can imagine." Amen. Diane Ackerman gives us the natural, the strange, the territory between, and reminds me that the natural is supernatural enough.