Of Arcs and Circles, Marc Peter Keane
Of Arcs and Circles, Marc Peter Keane
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Of Arcs and Circles
Insights from Japan on Gardens, Nature, and Art

Author: Marc Peter Keane

Narrator: Marc Peter Keane

Unabridged: 5 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/17/2022

Synopsis

A renowned designer of Japanese gardens contemplates wildness, humanity, beauty, the liquid state of the world. From his vantage point as a garden designer and writer based in Kyoto, Marc Peter Keane examines the world around him and delivers astonishing insights through an array of narratives.  How the names of gardens reveal their essential meaning. A new definition of what art is. What trees are really made of. The true meaning of the enigmatic torii gate found at Shinto shrines. Why we give flowers as gifts. The essential, underlying unity of the world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Reading_ on January 19, 2022

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Goodreads review by David on February 20, 2022

Of Arcs and Circles is an essay collection with a twist. The essays are not political. They hold no ulterior motive. There are no beginnings or endings. There are no messages, motives, goals or conclusions. There are no characters to follow. No psychological studies are cited. There are no climaxes.......more

Goodreads review by Mira on September 05, 2021

Absolutely gorgeous and meandering while highly reflective. Short in length, but expansive in feel. Poetic and metaphorical, but grounded in the earth. An embodiment of Tao through the tension of opposites, mixed with the ineffability of life and the art we create. A zen calm amid the "mono no aware......more

Goodreads review by Zuzana Be on April 25, 2022

This was the book I needed right now. A small island of hope in a current tumultuous world. Marc Peter Keane is a landscape architect who lived almost 20 years in Kyoto, Japan. And since I love Japan (in a healthy way, duh), I just needed to read this book as soon as I discovered it. Marc's writing s......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on March 19, 2022

As this book centres on Japanese garden design, I anticipated a book full of images, photos of what has been created. What I received was book full of narrative, short essays on topics. As such, 10% into the philosophising, I put it down. I was looking for garden inspiration and this is not that for......more

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