From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…..Sanday Surveys…..
by Bernie Bell - 12:16 on 25 May 2025
From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…..
An Interview with Robert Macfarlane
Rivers “irrigate our bodies, thoughts, songs, and stories,” says acclaimed author Robert Macfarlane, who returns to the podcast this week to explore what happens when we reimagine a river as alive. Within the currents of this conversation, he speaks about his latest book, which journeys on the Río Los Cedros in Ecuador, the waterways of Chennai, India, and the Mutehekau Shipu in Nitassinan, and shares how an encounter with a river aura moved him into the depths of its mystery. Experiences like these, Robert hopes, can help us envision an ethics and politics that recognizes the continuity between us and bodies of water, and find our way back to honoring their willful, unruly, and spirited beinghood.
“That move into mystery
is not an abandonment of
perception
into a cloud of unknowing.
It’s a move
into a different form
of knowing.”
—Robert Macfarlane
Listen to conversation.....
https://emergencemagazine.org/conversation/is-a-river-alive/
BOOK EVENT
Robert Macfarlane on Is a River Alive?
A Point Reyes Books Event
Robert Macfarlane will be visiting Emergence’s neighborhood, Point Reyes in northern California, next month for a conversation about his new book, Is a River Alive? If you’d like to hear more about the ways our fates are entwined with rivers, and listen to Robert speak in person, reserve your tickets for this event, which will be held June 14, 6.30pm, at the Dance Palace in Point Reyes Station. Tickets include a copy of the book."
Learn more....
https://ptreyesbooks.com/event/2025-06-14/robert-macfarlane-river-alive
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My tuppenceworth….
http://www.spanglefish.com/berniesblog/blog.asp?blogid=17312
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