Aaron Springer
Just Before Dark
Jim Harrison, a poet, writer and native Michigander passed away over the weekend at 78. He wrote and lived in Leelanau County for the majority of his life. For anyone not familiar with his prolific body of work he is best known for his novella "Legends of the Fall".
I found great inspiration in his words and cannot recall a winter in the last dozen years I haven't read "Just Before Dark," a collection of non-fiction that has always left me wanting and able to live a little closer to the bone.
"If you are bored, strained, lacerated, enervated by the way we live now, I suggest a night walk as far as you can get from a trace of civilization. This form of walking is a dance, and the ghost that follows you, your moon-cast shadow, is your true androgynous parent, bearing within its distinct outline the child who has always directed your every move."
-Jim Harrison
www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-prj-jim-harris...
Just Before Dark
Jim Harrison, a poet, writer and native Michigander passed away over the weekend at 78. He wrote and lived in Leelanau County for the majority of his life. For anyone not familiar with his prolific body of work he is best known for his novella "Legends of the Fall".
I found great inspiration in his words and cannot recall a winter in the last dozen years I haven't read "Just Before Dark," a collection of non-fiction that has always left me wanting and able to live a little closer to the bone.
"If you are bored, strained, lacerated, enervated by the way we live now, I suggest a night walk as far as you can get from a trace of civilization. This form of walking is a dance, and the ghost that follows you, your moon-cast shadow, is your true androgynous parent, bearing within its distinct outline the child who has always directed your every move."
-Jim Harrison
www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-prj-jim-harris...