Robert Macfarlane

Is A River Alive? 

Cassandra Tang

Water flows in and through us. Running, we are rivers. Seated, we are pools. Our brains and hearts are three-quarters water, our skin is two-thirds water; even our bones are watery. We were swimmers before we were walkers, slow-turning like breath-divers in the dark flotation tank of the womb. 

It is peaceful to be in that cloud of unknowing. I feel ignorant in the forest, and at ease with my ignorance. 

Cold air. We are cloud-makers with each exhalation. 

I love Robert Macfarlane's writing, I just find something very moving about it. It is clear he deeply cares about the subject matter and I think that's where this quality of his writing helps in particular - it helps to incite love and care as equal within readers. 

Is A River Alive?

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