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The Porch - Meditations on the Edge of Nature (Hardcover)
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The Porch - Meditations on the Edge of Nature (Hardcover)
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List price R626
Loot Price R525
Discovery Miles 5 250
You Save R101 (16%)
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Come with us for a moment out onto the porch. Just like that, we've
entered another world without leaving home. In this liminal space,
an endless array of absorbing philosophical questions arises: What
does it mean to be in a place? How does one place teach us about
the world and ourselves? What do we-and the things we've built-mean
in this world? In a time when reflections on the nature of society
and individual endurance are so paramount, Charlie Hailey's latest
book is both a mental tonic and a welcome provocation. Solidly
grounded in ideas, ecology, and architecture, The Porch takes us on
a journey along the edges of nature where the outside comes in,
hosts meet guests, and imagination runs wild. Hailey writes from a
modest porch on the Homosassa River in Florida. He sleeps there,
studies the tides, listens for osprey and manatee, welcomes
shipwrecked visitors, watches shadows on its screens, reckons with
climate change, and reflects on his own acclimation to his
environment. The profound connections he unearths anchor an
armchair exploration of past porches and those of the future,
moving from ancient Greece to contemporary Sweden, from the White
House roof to the Anthropocene home. In his ruminations, he links
up with other porch dwellers including environmentalist Rachel
Carson, poet Wendell Berry, writers Eudora Welty and Zora Neale
Hurston, philosopher John Dewey, architect Louis Kahn, and
photographer Paul Strand. As close as architecture can bring us to
nature, the porch is where we can learn to contemplate anew our
evolving place in a changing world-a space we need now more than
ever. Timeless and timely, Hailey's book is a dreamy yet deeply
passionate meditation on the joy and gravity of sitting on the
porch.
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