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Swampwalker's Journal Reviews The review from The Christian Science Monitor The mystery that governs nature and that expresses itself in every reedy puddle or handful of dirt is the province of that peculiarly American brand of mystics known as naturalists. Since the days of Bartram and Audubon, they have believed that an intimate awareness of the natural world is the path the spirit takes to wisdom. This faith is allied to science in its devotion to close and searching observations, but it includes the controversial assumption that value inheres in all earthly beings, regardless of human need or desire. You can find this faith in its purest contemporary form in the work of David Carroll. The New England artist, teacher, writer, and activist has become a legend among biologists for what he has learned about turtles simply by watching, Jane Goodall-style, in their remaining haunts. In his Swampwalker's Journal: A Wetlands Year, he turns to a broader theme: wetland ecology and "the wordless but infinitely evocative dialogue of living and nonliving elements." ...Carroll's quiet manner and effortless sensitivity to detail suffuse his wet-bottomed landscapes with a dreamlike quality shaded by knowledge of how quickly such places can disappear. His scenes, glowing revelation, are steeped in deep feeling matured over a lifetime outdoors. by Thomas Palmer who is the author of Landscape With Reptile
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