birding and the wisdom of nature (1)

I submit this tantalizing idea about Nature being one of our most foundational teachers to understanding fear and fearlessness in a healthy and sustainable way, and to correct our distortive (if not pathological) ways currently dominating the field. Soon, I'll write a blog, doing a brief fearanalysis of a fascinating book on this topic by Jon Young (naturalist, tracker and mentor, author) in his 2013 book What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World (NY: Mariner Books). To start off this discussion, I'll leave you with this image I painted in my "wildlife art" days in the mid-1980s and the word text I just put on top in this poster... a point of encounter and inquiry in/with the birds... stay tuned...

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