Forty years in the writing, Snyder's long-awaited epic poem was initially inspired by East Asian landscape painting and his own experience within "a chaotic universe where everything is in place". Here Snyder travels beyond the Western tradition to encompass Asian art and drama, Native American performance and storytelling, the practice of Zen Buddhism, and varied landscapes all over the world. It is a moving celebration of earth and sky, rock and water, nature and humanity.
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Forty years in the writing, Snyder's long-awaited epic poem was initially inspired by East Asian landscape painting and his own experience within "a chaotic universe where everything is in place". Here Snyder travels beyond the Western tradition to encompass Asian art and drama, Native American performance and storytelling, the practice of Zen Buddhism, and varied landscapes all over the world. It is a moving celebration of earth and sky, rock and water, nature and humanity.
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This book is an epic poem that takes the reader beyond Western traditions to encompass Asian art, Native American storytelling, Zen Buddhism, and varied landscapes throughout the world.