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Sunday, April 14, 2024 10:00 AM; Speaker: John Bates "Belonging to a Place Through the Lens of Poets"
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Poets work to shine light on the world. The work of any artist is to perceive the extraordinary within the ordinary by changing not the world but the eyes that look. (Jayne Hirschfield).
What does living in this place, the Northwoods, mean to each of us? How do we honor all the lives around us as well as our own? We will explore how Mary Oliver, Wendell Berry, and other poets use words to transform our experiences and help us belong to a place.
John Bates is the author of ten books and a contributor to seven others, all of which focus on the natural history of the Northwoods. He has worked as a naturalist in Wisconsin’s Northwoods for 32 years, leading an array of trips and giving talks all designed to help people further understand the remarkable diversity and beauty of nature, and our place within it.