On Being with Krista Tippett

Robert Macfarlane — The Worlds Beneath Our Feet

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Jun 3, 2021
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ANECDOTE

Early Landscapes

  • Robert Macfarlane's earliest memories of landscape are from the Scottish Highlands.
  • He recalls finding a deer antler, as exotic as coral, by a river.
ANECDOTE

X-Rays and Landscapes

  • Macfarlane grew up near coal mines, and his father, a lung doctor, showed him x-rays of miners' lungs.
  • This experience gave him an early look inside people, connecting landscape with the human heart.
INSIGHT

Darkness and Revelation

  • Humans have always sought meaning in dark spaces, both physically and metaphorically.
  • Darkness can be a medium of vision, and descent can lead to revelation.
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