{"product_id":"visualizing-nature","title":"Visualizing Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e: Essays on Truth, Spirit, and Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Stuart Kestenbaum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVisualizing Nature\u003c\/em\u003e brings together contemporary visionaries to share deeply personal essays on nature, ecology, sustainability, climate change, philosophy, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompiled by editor and poet Stuart Kestenbaum, the contributors represent a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, each honoring nature’s power to heal, inspire, guide, amaze, and strengthen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eActivist Maulian Dana of the Penobscot Nation writes on the intertwining relationship of motherhood and Mother Earth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiology professor David Haskell tells the story of the resilient bristlecone pine trees, which live to be as old as 2,100 years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIranian scholar Alireza Taghdarreh speaks to his experience of translating Emerson’s “Nature” into Farsi.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA previously unpublished 1962 speech by Rachel Carson complements the collection of more than twenty essays, each inviting the reader into a quiet space of reflection with the opportunity to think deeply about how they relate to the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStuart Kestenbaum\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of six collections of poems: \u003cem\u003ePilgrimage \u003c\/em\u003e(Coyote Love Press), \u003cem\u003eHouse of Thanksgiving \u003c\/em\u003e(Deerbrook Editions), \u003cem\u003ePrayers and Run-on Sentences \u003c\/em\u003e(Deerbrook Editions), \u003cem\u003eOnly Now \u003c\/em\u003e(Deerbrook Editions), \u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow to Start Over (Deerbrook Editions)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, and Things\u003cem\u003e Seemed to Be Breaking \u003c\/em\u003e(Deerbrook Editions). He has also written \u003cem\u003eThe View from Here \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Brynmorgen Press), \u003c\/em\u003ea book of brief essays on craft and community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2024, he and visual artist Susan Webster published \u003cem\u003eA Quiet Book,\u003c\/em\u003e collaborations in writing and visual art \u003cem\u003e(Brynmorgen Press).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe has written and spoken widely on craft making and creativity, and his poems and writing have appeared in small press publications and magazines, including Tikkun, the Sun, the Beloit Poetry Journal, and the New York Times Magazine. He served as Maine’s poet laureate from 2016-2021 and hosted \u003cem\u003ePoems from Here\u003c\/em\u003e on Maine Public Radio\/Maine Public Classical and was the host\/creator of the podcasts \u003cem\u003eMake Time\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Voices of the Future.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was the director of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine, for over twenty-five years, and was elected an honorary fellow of the American Craft Council in 2006. More recently, working with the Libra Foundation, he designed and implemented a residency program for artists and writers called Monson Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chronicle Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48891945681144,"sku":"27836","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/6082\/3800\/files\/visualizingnature-shopify.jpg?v=1781132748","url":"https:\/\/www.craftcontemporaryshop.org\/products\/visualizing-nature","provider":"Craft Contemporary Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}