Little Things in a Big Country
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (501 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393020169 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 76 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Hannah Hinchman lives in Augusta, Montana, and gives workshops in illuminated journaling around the country. She is the author of A Trail Through Leaves.
All rights reserved. . While hiking the fields, swamps, rivers, prairies, forests, creeks and game reserves, Hinchman's exacting eye for flora and fauna is always at work chronicling, often in minute detail, all aspects of what surrounds and fascinates her. Hinchman paints stones, ice formations, grasses and leaves, tree bark, and animals in motion with a fluent, sensitive hand. The result is a love letter to nature: a travel journal/naturalist's notebook replete with hand-written notes; illustrations and diagrams of flowers, birds, deer, animal tracks, "soul-slaying" vistas, cowboys and area maps; and many charming portraits of Sisu. Her relationship with other humans on the Front, however, is not as reverent: "I value the Front for its ecological integrity; they value it as a source of livelihood to them, my values are perverse, el
If Annie Dillard were an artist, she might have composed a book like this. Treading carefully near a sandhill crane's nest, testing the ice on the river, and marveling at the seasonal influx of ducks, this pair of curious naturalists takes us into the intimate corners of western Montana, inquiring into all natural phenomena—which Hannah then captures on the page in detailed sketches, notes, and watercolors. Insightful, funny, and personal, she not only enables us to enter her own particular patch of the natural world, she also teaches us to see our own, bringing to her work an exceptional unity of hand, eye, and heart.. But few writers, or artists, can bring words and ima
Incredible, as always As always, I am amazed and stunned at the work produced by this marvelous, funny, talented, brilliant and quirky woman. Her powers of observation and expression are unsurpassed--and infinitely inviting. Her art is rich, detailed, and filled at once with both scientific detail and emotion to which we cannot help but respond. Though my own home area is very far from Hannah's Wyoming Front, I KNOW what it is like to walk there, I KNOW what she means when she writes that she prefers the company of her dog, Sisu, to distracting conversation. I am there, silent, listening, watching, and sketchingthank you, Hannah.--Cathy Johnson, autho. "Wonderful" according to Stacey M Smith. I love these types of memoirs. a little bit story and a whole lot of art. Beautifully done with a charming "voice." The author is very attune to the challenges and rewards of being the interloper to a small, remote community in Montana. Her dog reminds me of my own and I loved reading about their adventures together. Hannah's art captures both the majestic and mundane and pings your heart. Satisfying and lovely.. Another good book! Randall Laue Have all her books