Sites of insight : a guide to Colorado sacred places / edited by James Lough and Christie Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lough, James.

Smith, Christie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sacred space--Colorado.

Sacred space.

Colorado--Religion.

Colorado.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 228 pages) : maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Co-Winner of the 2004 Colorado Endowment for the Humanities Publication Prize. In these eighteen illuminating essays, some of Colorado's most accomplished novelists, essayists, and poets write in intimate detail about their most poignant experiences in the Colorado wilderness. Readers are given access - both physically and spiritually - to settings that inspire reverence for and contemplation about one's relationship to the land. From above tree line in the Rawah Mountains down into the broad San Luis Valley, from the Western Slope to the high plains in the east, the reader is taken on a vivid journey through a rich assortment of Colorado's awe-inspiring landscapes. Essays by Tom Noel, Fred Baca, Kristen Iversen, and Reyes Garcia are historical in makeup, while those by Sangeeta Reddy, Merrill Gilfillan, and Amy England feature engaging spiritual and philosophical explorations, even epiphanies. Reg Saner and Nick Sutcliffe share experiences of pitting themselves against nature. And in the tradition of Thoreau, John Muir, and Annie Dillard, all of these essayists explore the intense and vibrant relationships people have with the wilderness. Sites of Insight belongs on the bookshelves of tourists, outdoor enthusiasts, and Coloradoans - both longtime residents and newcomers - who seek to apprehend something in nature that is larger than themselves.

Contents:

Map of Featured Locations

Western Wind / Reg Saner

Chatelaine / Kristen Iversen

Little Bethlehem / Frederick Baca

Mists of the Huerfano / Thomas J. Noel

Walking in Yampa / Kate Krautkramer

Pawnee Buttes / Merrill Gilfillan

The Bear / Jane Wodening

Meditación en Dos Ojos: García Lake at Cumbres Pass / Reyes García

Gore Canyon / Nick Sutcliffe

Their Place, My Place / Alexander Drummond

Pastoral Emergence / Alexander Blackburn

Written on a Piece of Butcher Paper: El Rancho, Antonito / Mark Irwin

Where Form Meets Flux: Soft Eyes and Boulder's Four Cardinal Directions / James Lough

The Road Through San Luis / Sangeeta Reddy

Into the Rawahs / SueEllen Campbell and John Calderazzo

Blanca Peak / Christie Smith

Lumpy Ridge: Buson in the Rockies / Amy England

Belmar Park: Where the Sidewalk Ends / Anita Harkess.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786610501298

9781280501296

1280501294

9780870817991

087081799X

OCLC:

923704571