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On Looking : A Walker's Guide to the Art of Observation by Alexandra Horowitz (2014, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherScribner

ISBN-101439191263

ISBN-139781439191262

eBay Product ID (ePID)167476819

Product Key Features

Book TitleOn Looking : a Walker's Guide to the Art of Observation

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMindfulness & Meditation, Personal Growth / General, General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Anthropology / General

Publication Year2014

IllustratorYes

GenreNature, Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science, Self-Help, Psychology

AuthorAlexandra Horowitz

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight12.5 Oz

Item Length8.8 in

Item Width5.8 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"These eleven exquisite, clever and and tenderly recounted small adventures remind me of something I learned back when I lived in India: the need to perceive "the scent behind the smell." Alexandra Horowitz has attempted much the same thing with her eyes - much aided by the seeing of others - and has in consequence become increasingly successful in perceiving what one might call "the sight behind the scene." Her resulting epiphanies are available to us all, if we take care to learn from her, in this lovely book, just how it is done.", Alexandra Horowitz's new book is as wonderful as her first. Inside of a Dog helped us to imagine the worlds of our beagles, collies, greyhounds and mutts. On Looking teaches us that the world is just as rich, strange and charmed when seen through the eyes of our local artists, doctors, architects andtoddlers. On Looking also teaches us that Alexandra Horowitz is a writer to watch., Alexandra Horowitz's new book is as wonderful as her first. Inside of a Dog helped us to imagine the worlds of our beagles, collies, greyhounds and mutts. On Looking teaches us that the world is just as rich, strange and charmed when seen through the eyes of our local artists, doctors, architects and toddlers. On Looking also teaches us that Alexandra Horowitz is a writer to watch., Horowitz writes like a poet, thinks like a scientist, and ventures like an explorer. Her book will have you looking in a new way at the world around you, and make you glad you did., Undoubtedly one of the most stimulating books of the year, if not the decade, and the most enchanting thing I've read in ages., Alexandra Horowitz does more than open our eyes in On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes . She opens our hearts and minds, too, gently awakening us to a world -- in fact, many worlds -- we've been missing...The pages hum and shine as a result, warmly reflecting the author's genuine enthusiasm for her work and its revelations., Horowitz writes like a poet, thinks like a scientist, and ventures like an explorer. Her book will have you looking in a new way at the world around you, and make you glad you did. , "These eleven exquisite, clever and and tenderly recounted small adventures remind me of something I learned back when I lived in India: the need to perceive "the scent behind the smell." Alexandra Horowitz has attempted much the same thing with her eyes - much aided by the seeing of others - and has in consequence become increasingly successful in perceiving what one might call "the sight behind the scene." Her resulting epiphanies are available to us all, if we take care to learn from her, in this lovely book, just how it is done.", Alexandra Horowitz does more than open our eyes in On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes . She opens our hearts and minds, too, gently awakening us to a world - in fact, many worlds - we've been missing...The pages hum and shine as a result, warmly reflecting the author's genuine enthusiasm for her work and its revelations.

Dewey Decimal158.1

SynopsisFrom the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog and The Year of the Puppy , this "elegant and entertaining" ( The Boston Globe ) explanation of how humans perceive their environments "does more than open our eyes...opens our hearts and minds, too, gently awakening us to a world--in fact, many worlds--we've been missing" ( USA TODAY ). Alexandra Horowitz shows us how to see the spectacle of the ordinary--to practice, as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle put it, "the observation of trifles." Structured around a series of eleven walks the author takes, mostly in her Manhattan neighborhood, On Looking features experts on a diverse range of subjects, including an urban sociologist, the well-known artist Maira Kalman, a geologist, a physician, and a sound designer. Horowitz also walks with a child and a dog to see the world as they perceive it. What they see, how they see it, and why most of us do not see the same things reveal the startling power of human attention and the cognitive aspects of what it means to be an expert observer. Page by page, Horowitz shows how much more there is to see--if only we would really look. Trained as a cognitive scientist, she discovers a feast of fascinating detail, all explained with her generous humor and self-deprecating tone. So turn off the phone and other electronic devices and be in the real world--where strangers communicate by geometry as they walk toward one another, where sounds reveal shadows, where posture can display humility, and the underside of a leaf unveils a Lilliputian universe--where, indeed, there are worlds within worlds within worlds., From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog , this "elegant and entertaining" ( The Boston Globe ) explanation of how humans perceive their environments "does more than open our eyes...opens our hearts and minds, too, gently awakening us to a world--in fact, many worlds--we've been missing" ( USA TODAY ). Alexandra Horowitz shows us how to see the spectacle of the ordinary--to practice, as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle put it, "the observation of trifles." Structured around a series of eleven walks the author takes, mostly in her Manhattan neighborhood, On Looking features experts on a diverse range of subjects, including an urban sociologist, the well-known artist Maira Kalman, a geologist, a physician, and a sound designer. Horowitz also walks with a child and a dog to see the world as they perceive it. What they see, how they see it, and why most of us do not see the same things reveal the startling power of human attention and the cognitive aspects of what it means to be an expert observer. Page by page, Horowitz shows how much more there is to see--if only we would really look. Trained as a cognitive scientist, she discovers a feast of fascinating detail, all explained with her generous humor and self-deprecating tone. So turn off the phone and other electronic devices and be in the real world--where strangers communicate by geometry as they walk toward one another, where sounds reveal shadows, where posture can display humility, and the underside of a leaf unveils a Lilliputian universe--where, indeed, there are worlds within worlds within worlds.

LC Classification NumberBF637.S4