Grace and Tranquility: Natural Peaceful Paths through Every Living Day
With uplifting prose and dozens of eye-catching color photographs, Alan (Wild Grace) ponders and communicates moments of profound grace and tranquility. The author's message is clear: tranquility and grace are not distant goals, but are already within our grasp. Images and text remind readers they should be "celebrating each moment," be it gardening, fishing, or playing music. Messier aspects of existence aren't shied away from, either: war, personal upheaval, aging, and finances are viewed as opportunities to learn and reflect. Alan writes with a cadence that lets flow scores of meaning-packed aphorisms. When addressing ecological balance, there's "waste is a purely human concept." He warns that when media "become a replacement for direct experience, they're illusion." The author is willing to wrestle with paradox: "Tranquility is not a simple practice. And yet it is." Prose and pictures together create a joyful and affirming song of praise for self and society. Although Alan is sometimes overly sentimental, to spend time in his world is to join a writer-artist who addresses themes both topical and timeless.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.