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A review by oliainchina
What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses by Daniel Chamovitz
5.0
I have never been a fan of botany and I have a complicated relationship with plants in general. But this books is a page turner.
Being a vegetarian, I was a bit nervous starting it. The book promised to explain how plants are aware of their environment. So, my reflex was to tag a carrot with feelings and imagine it suffer, while being eaten raw.
Thank heavens, I was wrong. The book didn't make me say no to the last bits of real food. Instead, it made me aware of the world of these green things that keep on wilting in my pots.
The real eye opener was the fact that the more you pet a plant, the faster it dies, which means that while I was trying to establish a friendly contact with my green friends, they were seeing me as a pure intruder and an undesirable. I guess it was Thich Nhat Hanh who said: To love without knowing how to love wounds theperson plant we love.
Being a vegetarian, I was a bit nervous starting it. The book promised to explain how plants are aware of their environment. So, my reflex was to tag a carrot with feelings and imagine it suffer, while being eaten raw.
Thank heavens, I was wrong. The book didn't make me say no to the last bits of real food. Instead, it made me aware of the world of these green things that keep on wilting in my pots.
The real eye opener was the fact that the more you pet a plant, the faster it dies, which means that while I was trying to establish a friendly contact with my green friends, they were seeing me as a pure intruder and an undesirable. I guess it was Thich Nhat Hanh who said: To love without knowing how to love wounds the