Explore with Thoreau how we live consciously (or his word in WALDEN - "deliberately) in the natural world? How do we extend/enhance our sensory responses to the world around us, through consistent, committed practice? And how does Thoreau's particular, personal, and catalogic voice inform our work with, life with, future with the natural world? Leave cell phones at home, or in your cars. Bring a small journal/notebook/sketchbook and writing implement. Registration limited to 15 guests. Participants will be walking on mulched paths with moderate slopes at times. Registration is required.
Readings before October 16: WALKING, Annotated Edition by Thoreau, J.Missouri www.missouri.com, 2013. Pick 3 pieces randomly from THE JOURNAL 1837-1861 by Henry David Thoreau, edited by Damion Searls, preface by John R. Stilgoe, New York Review Books , 2009.
Jim LaVilla-Havelin is a poet, educator, and community arts activist. He is the Coordinator of National Poetry Month activities in San Antonio. In the late 1960’s LaVilla-Havelin spent a night a Walden Pond. In his new book, Tales from the Breakaway Republic was published by Moonstone Press (Philadelphia) in May 2022.
Free Admission - Donations Welcomed
Registration opens on September 29, 2022.
