Год выпуска: 2008 Автор: Tom Stoner, Carolyn Rapp Издательство: Страниц: 191 ISBN: 0981565603
Описание
Open Spaces Sacred Places is a book that dramatically demonstrates how nature has the power to heal and unify in our increasingly frenetic 21st-century world. It is a series of inspirational stories told through the voices of "firesouls," those passionate and persistent people who have brought communities together to create public areas of respite.The book depicts a wide variety of sacred places, including a meditation garden inside the walls of a prison, a sculpture garden built by at-risk youth in the inner city, and a therapeutic healing garden at a rehabilitation hospital. These public green spaces are places of peace and refreshment, where people can tap into their own deep wisdom and find an antidote for the stressful, divisive, and isolating effects of life in today?s complex world.While each of the profiled spaces has its own unique focus and character, they all have one common element?a bench with a journal attached where each visitor has the opportunity to anonymously reveal...
