sarah : oneironaut

"A Natural History of the Senses" Diane Ackerman

sarah said Apr 24, 2006, 6:45 PM:
 

This is a nonfiction work written by a poet, which seamlessly blends history, biology, psychology, and art. If Ackerman's insights don't make you feel more grateful and alive as a human being, more open to the beauty all around you, I don't know what will.

All it takes is a sentence of her prose to fill me with the desire to be more intensely aware of the world, to transform what I see into poetry.