Listening below the noise
Subtitle: a meditation on the practice of silence
By: Anne D. LeClaire ; photography by Christopher LeClaire.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780061353352
Subjects: LeClaire, Anne D; LeClaire, Anne D; Silence; Silence; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography; Listening; Creative thinking; Meditation
Genres: Biography
Other titles: Meditation on the practice of silence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-224).
Table of contents: title: The secret garden; title: Entry. Eiders : hearing the call ; Snow day : walking into the solitary self ; Compost : confronting the messy space within ; Beach stones : creating necessary boundaries; title: Cultivation. Bittersweet vine : pruning invasive species ; Dragonfly : discovering the shadow sides of silence ; Boneyard : surrendering the need to be right ; Bees : choosing the right words ; Birdsong : learning the difference between listening and waiting to talk; title: Fertilization. Spiderweb : nourishing the creative self ; Conch shell : using silence as an enhancement to health ; Salt march : swimming into deeper waters; title: Harvest. Lone oak : from speechlessness to solitude ; Archer's bow : moving through resistance ; Lily pad : considering spirituality ; September beach : preserving the garden; title: Sowing. Bridge : crossing the threshold to silence.