"While not everyone will feel renewed or benefit from paying careful attention to the small wonders of life all around them, many do and will. 1 This is among the important messages in Dr. Kathryn Gillespie's new book, The Sound of Feathers, in which she makes it clear that paying careful attention to, and developing deep respect for, the magnificence around us will make the world a better place-a unified community-for all to enjoy-human and nonhuman alike."
"Kathryn Gillespie: I've always tried to understand the world right around me, the things that are so mundane-so very much part of the "everyday"-that we may not notice them at all. Often our relationships with animals and the harm we do in those relationships are, in part, the result of a lack of attention both to their effects and to the larger structural forces (like capitalism) that so thoroughly shape how we inhabit and relate to the world."
Connecting with nature can renew creativity, compassion, and joy regardless of where people live. Paying careful attention to everyday wonders cultivates deep respect for the surrounding magnificence and supports flourishing for human and nonhuman life. A lack of attention contributes to harmful human–animal relationships and is reinforced by larger structural forces such as capitalism. Cultivating attentiveness, reveling in beauty, and practicing gentleness can rewild perspectives, strengthen moral imagination, and promote communities oriented toward mutual flourishing and environmental stewardship for current and future generations.
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