Finding Beauty in a Broken World, Terry Tempest Williams
Finding Beauty in a Broken World, Terry Tempest Williams
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Finding Beauty in a Broken World

Author: Terry Tempest Williams

Narrator: Terry Tempest Williams

Unabridged: 3 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2009


Synopsis

When faced with the chaos of our times and tragedy in her own life, Terry Tempest Williams asked: “How do we pick up the pieces? And what do we do with these pieces?” To find her answer, this visionary author and naturalist embarked on a journey that took her around the globe.

In Finding Beauty in a Broken World, she delivers a story, a mosaic, that is both heartbreaking and hopeful—an unforgettable exploration of truth from a passionate artist and humanitarian.

In this original author adaptation of her acclaimed book, Williams recalls an odyssey that began on the rocky shores of Maine, where she prayed for “one wild word” to follow after the events of 9/11. That word was “mosaic”—and it marked the first step on a path that took her to the artistic heart of Italy, through ecological struggles in the American Southwest, and ultimately to war-torn Rwanda and the seemingly inconceivable task of fostering healing through the art of mosaic in the midst of genocide as villagers and artists build a memorial together. Presented by the author in her own inimitable words, here is an inspiring story of how we can overcome even the most traumatic wounding the world can offer.

Finding Beauty in a Broken World is a call to listeners to create beauty in the world we find, each in our own way, each in our own time, each with our own gifts. By taking that which is broken and creating something whole, we can begin to embrace both empathy and engagement within our own communities.
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Course objectives:
• Analyze the importance of community, unity, and language through the art of mosaic creation
• Examine in-depth the art of ancient mosaic creation, and list its 11 rules
• Discuss language and some of its potential, then some of its dangers when it is not understood
• Describe the dangers when there is lack of communication
• Discuss the dark violent side and the loving side of human beings
• Examine some of the many forms of language

About Terry Tempest Williams

Terry Tempest Williams is the award-winning author of The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks; Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place; Finding Beauty in a Broken World; and When Women Were Birds, among other books. Her work is widely taught and anthologized around the world. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she is currently the Writer-in-Residence at the Harvard Divinity School and divides her time between Cambridge, Massachusetts and Castle Valley, Utah.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carson on November 03, 2009

I know, I know, most people drop out in the prairie dog section, but if you stick with it that section begins to have a certain rhythm and creates its own subtle narrative structure. You find yourself suddenly caring about the individual prairie dogs as characters, in addition to the obvious goal of......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on July 25, 2010

Briefly, on form: as prose poetry, this gorgeous work is totally accessible for people who don't consider themselves "poetry reader." It's riveting. You'll want to keep reading. On content: How can you NOT read a book that yokes together an apprenticeship as a mosaic artist in Ravenna, her grappling......more

Goodreads review by Matt on August 22, 2014

Terry has the rare ability to see her life through series of connected, relatable events. She puts small examples into grand ideas, and makes those pertinent to her readers. In this, she connects her mosaic studies in Italy with her passionate and thorough study of endangered prairie dogs at Bryce C......more

Goodreads review by Peggy on May 24, 2009

There are layers to go through in order to understand humanity. Williams excavates them. A broken world can be put together again in a beautiful way. There are rules to making mosaic. Attend to light, to shape. Find the right piece. Prairie dogs live communally, kiss, and greet the sun. In Rwanda is......more

Goodreads review by Joshua on October 01, 2015

Devastating. It strips the skin from the hide and burns the fat from the brain. Reading this after reading Arctic Dreams and Strange Piece of Paradise, it's clear how much better a writer Terry Tempest Williams is than most other humans. Already her "Refuge" is on my shortlist of most important books......more