How humans interact with a place, says more about them than location itself. The idea of place and how people relate to the area around them is an on-going topic of sustainability. This unseen connection is the string interwoven into our daily lives that allows us to feel the desired feelings of being at home, safe, or connected. Many of the books we have read revealed the author's personal connection to place, but I feel as though Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert by Terry Tempest Williams, Arctic Dreams by Barry López and The Control of Nature by John McPhee illustrated the most personal and unique connections to place.
My personal favorite book of this course, RED: Passion and Patience in the Desert in which the author, Terry Tempest Williams, portrays her life in the undesirable Utah desert through her own passionate perspective. In a series of personal stories and essays with varying topics, from a family discussion regarding the local desert tortoise to the intense vivid descriptions of the unconquered red rock landscape; Williams is able to express her erotic passion and desire to preserve the desert landscape’s natural wonder. With her writing, she is able to convey that the preservation of wildness does not and can not solely rely on a political process, but also requires an true connection and …show more content…
This relationship that Williams shares with the place of the Utah desert can be seen in many passages of the book. One of the tools she uses to reveal the connection shared is vivid description which transports you to the feeling and place Williams is experiencing. A prime example of this description being used to idealize this place, is when she seemingly stopped time to allow us to experience the fleeting nature of deer with her. Williams illustrates this moment by
My personal favorite book of this course, RED: Passion and Patience in the Desert in which the author, Terry Tempest Williams, portrays her life in the undesirable Utah desert through her own passionate perspective. In a series of personal stories and essays with varying topics, from a family discussion regarding the local desert tortoise to the intense vivid descriptions of the unconquered red rock landscape; Williams is able to express her erotic passion and desire to preserve the desert landscape’s natural wonder. With her writing, she is able to convey that the preservation of wildness does not and can not solely rely on a political process, but also requires an true connection and …show more content…
This relationship that Williams shares with the place of the Utah desert can be seen in many passages of the book. One of the tools she uses to reveal the connection shared is vivid description which transports you to the feeling and place Williams is experiencing. A prime example of this description being used to idealize this place, is when she seemingly stopped time to allow us to experience the fleeting nature of deer with her. Williams illustrates this moment by