The Illustrated Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau garden style and (7) self-directed

and (7) self-directed

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Honest and clear-eyed

This gorgeous and informative book is soon to be a bible for every painter

The Illustrated Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau garden style and (7) self-directedA beautiful illustrated edition of Thoreau's classic treatise on man and nature. "Our life is frittered away by detail. . . . Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!" Henry David Thoreau built his small cabin on the shore of Walden Pond in 1845. For the next two years, he lived there as simply as possible, learning to eliminate the unnecessary material and spiritual details that intrude upon human happiness. Thoreau described his experiences in Walden,