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Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
Five stars for the philosophy, three stars for the detailed descriptions of every plant, animal, pond, hillside, sunset, and color he encounters in the woods. In some ways this book is difficult to read in 2013--every time I looked up a word, the dictionary definition started with either ARCHAIC, FORMAL, or BIOLOGICAL--but in many ways it felt shockingly relevant to modern life. It's the middle of the nineteenth century, but Thoreau still complains about people wasting money on expensive real estate, about how only the "classics" get any kind of recognition in the art world, about how technological advances are messing with people's priorities, and about how everyone wastes their lives on hard labor. Mind-blowing, really.
I picked up this book because I'd recently seen Upstream Color, and then read Caleb Crain's New Yorker blog about it. Now that I've read Walden, I want to watch Upstream Color again, and then go back and read Crain's piece again. Anybody who wants to join me on this project, please let me know...
I picked up this book because I'd recently seen Upstream Color, and then read Caleb Crain's New Yorker blog about it. Now that I've read Walden, I want to watch Upstream Color again, and then go back and read Crain's piece again. Anybody who wants to join me on this project, please let me know...