#matthiessen

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Hjalmar Matthiessen - The Seine Paris (1913)

[garadinervi]

Leonard Peltier is going home [February 18, 2025]

(image: Peter Matthiessen, (1983), In the spirit of Crazy Horse, Afterword by Martin Garbus, Viking, New York, NY, 1991)

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[chantssecrets]

Julian allen, "Looking for Hemingway", Esquire magazine, 1983.

I see George Plimpton and James Baldwin. Also Peter Matthiessen, Harold Humes, William Styron & John Train. Others?

[bodyalive]

Klaus Mitteldorf :: “the golden queen” 2004

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"In that very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us."

- Peter Matthiessen

[via "alive on all channels"]

[zoeflake]

My foot slips on a narrow ledge; in that split second, as needles of fear pierce heart and temples, eternity intersects with present time. Thought and action are not different, and stone, air, ice, sun, fear, and self are one. What is exhilarating is to extend this acute awareness into ordinary moments, in the moment-by-moment experiencing of the lammergeier and the wolf, which, finding themselves at the center of things, have no need for any secret of true being. - Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Jessica Kaczor By Richard Calmes

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"In that very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us." - Peter Matthiessen

[via "alive on all channels"]

[royasuka]

i want to go hiking/nature walking tomorrow but idk which one i should go to :/ northern illinois doesn’t really have much nature (and almost no elevation) and i want to keep it under a 2 hour drive from chicago, so it’s hard to choose. i say this but i really haven’t gone to any trail except starved rock in january to see bald eagles…

[deadlifts-and-deadlines]

Ender and I had the best hike in one of my favorite places on Wednesday! We got there early enough that we had the waterfalls and canyon to ourselves for the first couple hours. It was packed when we left at 11am 🤯 He said his favorite parts were playing in the stream and eating snacks at the waterfall 😍

[wellconstructedsentences]

The forest on this ridge is oak and maple, and a mist of yellow leaves softens the ravine sides all around: on a golden wind comes a rich humus smell of autumn.

The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen

[godzilla-reads]

🐯 Tigers in the Snow by Peter Matthiessen

“When you see a tiger, it is always like a dream.”

—Ullas Karanth

[leefi]

TONIGHT IS A BLUE MOON MY FRIENDS PLEASE LOOK OUTSIDE

[annhedonie]

At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen

At Play in the Fields of the Lord centers on the contrasting peoples in a remote area of South America.

Martin Quarrier is a Christian missionary who travels with his wife and small son to convert the isolated indigenous Niaruna tribe.

Lewis Moon and his compatriot Wolfie are mercenaries on the run whose plane crashes in the rainforest. Taken in by the locals, they find the Commandante to be corrupt and dangerous. After being manipulated to agree, the mercenaries plan to wipe out the native Niaruna tribe in the interest of profit for the local government.

This puts the missionaries and mercenaries at odds. Lewis Moon himself is of Native American heritage, and finds himself struggling with his identity and whether or not to kill or protect the Niaruna. Meanwhile, Martin Quarrier struggles with balancing the realities of surviving in the jungle and fulfilling his mission to bring the tribe into the Church's fold.

The story shines the light of the practice of cultural imperialism, moral relativity, and nature versus man; and is a gripping tale of survival. On top of a great story, readers will enjoy the vivid descriptions and beautiful prose. Each character's viewpoint is written in a clear and unique voice which makes the story difficult to put down.

I highly recommend this book and plan on reading more from Matthiessen.

[adventurealldays]

[johnesimpson]

Peter Matthiessen, Marie Howe, a Maxim for Nostalgists, et al.: 'Painting Eyeballs on Chaos'

From whiskey river's commonplace book:

My foot slips on a narrow ledge: in that split second, as needles of fear pierce heart and temples, eternity intersects with present time. Thought and action are not different, and stone, air, ice, sun, fear, and self are one…

What is exhilarating is to extend this acute awareness into ordinary moments, in the moment-by-moment experiencing of the lammergeier and the wolf, which, finding themselves at the center of things, have no need for any secret of true being. In this very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us, what one lama refers to as “the precision and openness and intelligence of the present."...

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