In out of the Woods, author Lynn Darling refers to 41 subject profiles from the book Lost Person Behaviour by Robert Loester.
Recently I read an essay Aligning the internal compass by Jessica McCaughey. When I came across this book with similar theme of orienting oneself in unfamiliar surroundings, my interest in it spiked. I like walking and was almost lost half a day. So the act of finding your way resonated with me.
For a book to be effective, it is called to link the personal to the world. This book does that very gracefully with the author taking the route of saying everything in her mind and still the center of her book managed to be not her but her 'Wayfinding'. Sense of direction is such a universal thing. Most have stories about getting lost. The book has references to literature on surrounding themes in the form of epigrams, quotes and so on.
The book had the feel of 'Going back to Bisbee' by Richard Shelton, where its the just the author and the nature.
Recently I read an essay Aligning the internal compass by Jessica McCaughey. When I came across this book with similar theme of orienting oneself in unfamiliar surroundings, my interest in it spiked. I like walking and was almost lost half a day. So the act of finding your way resonated with me.
For a book to be effective, it is called to link the personal to the world. This book does that very gracefully with the author taking the route of saying everything in her mind and still the center of her book managed to be not her but her 'Wayfinding'. Sense of direction is such a universal thing. Most have stories about getting lost. The book has references to literature on surrounding themes in the form of epigrams, quotes and so on.
The book had the feel of 'Going back to Bisbee' by Richard Shelton, where its the just the author and the nature.
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