Following Thoreau's Footsteps
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) discovered a deep wellstream of spirituality as he contemplated the natural world. But his path was not one of an idle dreamer. Thoreau was trained as a teacher, immersed in the classics. It was through a love and understanding of Plato, the pre-Socratics and Judaeo-Christian essential teachings in the West and the spiritual classics of the East (primarily Indian and Chinese sacred texts) that his mind was prepared to accept the rich revelations of the natural world. Sometimes stormy and violent, often tranquil and seeming to be suspended in silent time, the natural world never failed to reveal its secrets to this remarkable, but plain-living man. During recent visits to Concord, Mass., I took the photos below of areas he loved most: Walden Pond and the Concord River.
Linda Brown Holt
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