David Hahn, Lion’s Bridge with Dillard Quotes.

5/25/08


-Nature setting


After reading through Annie Dillard’s book “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek” two of her remarks made perfect sense to me and how nature functions, and how it affected my Lion’s Bridge experience. She says, “Unfortunately, nature is very much a now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t affair” (page 22). Meaning that to truly see nature for what it is and for all its grace you must gaze at it intently, and that these special moments in nature rarely happen. She also writes, “Nature is like one of those line drawings of a tree that are puzzles for children: Can you find hidden in the leaves a duck, a house, a boy, a bucket, a zebra, and a boot” (page 23)? She makes a very strong analogy between nature and a child’s puzzle. What she means by this analogy however, is that nature is not as simple as looking at some lake or tree, but you must spend time searching and looking at them to truly see and encounter nature. After reading over these things, they fit perfectly into my visit at Lion’s Bridge, and they made me able to appreciate my experience there much more enjoyable.