Vegetable Genius: Emerson, Fuller, & Dillard

Descent: Vegetable Genius, Impressionism, and Surrealism – Tracing the concept of “Vegetable Genius” from the Romantics (via Abrams’ Mirror and the Lamp) to… http://biothyrics.tumblr.com/post/150743570774/descent-vegetable-genius-impressionism-and 

Comparison Exercise

Part I: Thesis   Choose two essays from the assigned readings and write a thesis statement in which you make a comparison. Essays “Water’s Edge” Salmon Rushdie “Footprints” Annie Dillard “Recalling Niels Bohr” Annie Dillard “Utah” Annie Dillard “Lonesome with Snails” Annie …

Solastalgia

In context of C.E. Richard’s essay “The Longest Main Street in the World,” we discussed the idea of “solastalgia”– the distress a person feels over the negative environmental changes happening close to home. Learn more about “solastalgia” here: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20151030-have-you-ever-felt-solastalgia