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Birds, Art, Life: A Year of Observation

Kyo Maclear

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Birds, Art, Life: A Year of Observation

by Kyo Maclear
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Birds, Art, Life: A Year of Observation
Birds, Art, Life: A Year of Observation

Introspective journey through birdwatching and life reflection.

"Birds, Art, Life" might resonate with you if you're looking for a gentle narrative that intertwines the simplicity of nature with deep introspection. Kyo Maclear offers not just a story about birds, but a nuanced look at the human experience, creativity, and finding peace in the everyday. Her observations connect the reader to a pursuit of beauty and meaning in what might seem ordinary, turning it into something extraordinary. It’s a contemplative read that could offer you a fresh perspective on life’s small wonders.

  • Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Nominee (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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by Kyo Maclear
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ISBN: 9781501154201
Author: Kyo Maclear
Publisher: Scribner
Date of Publication: 2017-01-03
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Creative Nonfiction, Nature, Biographies & Memoirs, Art
Related Topics: Animals, Essays, Memoir, Natural History, Biography, Ecology
Goodreads rating: 4.0
(rated by 3377 readers)

Description

A writer’s search for inspiration, beauty, and solace leads her to birds in this meditation on creativity and life – a field guide to things small and significant. In 2012, Kyo Maclear met a musician with a passion for birds. Curious about what had prompted a young urban artist to suddenly embrace nature, she decided to follow him for a year to find out. Observing two artists through seasonal shifts and migrations, Birds, Art, Life celebrates the particular madness of chasing after birds in a big city and explores what happens when the principles of birdwatching are applied to other aspects of art and life. It looks at the ecology of urban spaces and the creative and liberating effects of keeping your eyes and ears wide open. Far from seeking the exotic, Kyo discovers joy in the birds she spots in city parks and harbours, along eaves and on wires. In a world that values big and fast, Kyo begins to look to the small, steady, slow accumulations of knowledge, and the lulls that give way to contemplation. Moving between the granular and the grand, peering into the inner landscape as much as the outer one, Birds, Art, Life asks how we are shaped and nurtured by our passions, and how we might come to love and protect not only the world’s natural places but also the challenging urban spaces where so many of us live.
 

Introspective journey through birdwatching and life reflection.

"Birds, Art, Life" might resonate with you if you're looking for a gentle narrative that intertwines the simplicity of nature with deep introspection. Kyo Maclear offers not just a story about birds, but a nuanced look at the human experience, creativity, and finding peace in the everyday. Her observations connect the reader to a pursuit of beauty and meaning in what might seem ordinary, turning it into something extraordinary. It’s a contemplative read that could offer you a fresh perspective on life’s small wonders.

  • Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Nominee (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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