Thursday, April 4, 2019

The Nature Fix


I love this book! THE NATURE FIX is indeed a wonderful exploration on why nature in all its myriad forms does indeed make us happier, healthier and more creative. Florence Williams a former Boulder resident, who had moved to congested and noisy Washington DC was missing the trails and open spaces of Colorado. This became a genesis for her new book of why we feel so much better away from the city and out in nature. Her journey starts with Forest Bathing in Japan (see my 12/9 blog) and expands from there. She travels with various scientists and wise ones thru the US, UK, Sweden, Korea and beyond in pursuit of trying to understand and quantify the positive effect nature has on us.  She has a wonderful impish sense of humor and her engaging writing kept me turning the pages on this adventure with her.  As the world becomes more urbanized, I think this is a must read. Not just for landscape painters but for all who are enduring the maladies of the modern world and long for that connection that has been neglected or forgotten.

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