Listen To The Landscape
Eerdmans Publishing
Grand Rapids, MI
2006
Mirroring the human response to the natural world, this book is a rare synthesis of stunning landscape photography and understated haiku poetry. Dianne Carroll Burdick has photographed what she sees but expressed what she feels by hand-coloring her photographic images. Linda Nemec Foster has followed the traditional form created by Japanese poets over five hundred years ago to pen elegant haiku.
- read about this collection
“To walk like the scarves
Of clouds, to abandon land
And never return”from the poem, “The Dream of Trees”
Notable Reviews
“Linda Nemec Foster’s haiku and Dianne Carroll Burdick’s photographs illuminate each other and the trees, hills, open fields, wildflowers, and weather that shine forth from the pages of this quiet, remarkable book”
Nancy Willard
“Listen to the Landscape has been for me a welcome quieting of the mind and a reaffirmation of the spiritual depth of nature. This book is a gift.”
William Heyen
“What a calming tonic, this collaborative gathering of luminous words and delicious images – reading and viewing Listen to the Landscape makes me feel the way I feel after a deep massage. There’s a rinsing out of the senses that occur, a cleansing away of the world’s sorrow and clutter. Breathe, slow down, feel drenched in restorative attention once again.”
Naomi Shihab Nye
WHY I WRITE – by Linda Nemec Foster
/in News, Uncategorized /by AdministratorLinda Nemec Foster’s essay is featured on the website, Write Across Chicago, which is sponsored by the Illinois Writing Project based at Northeastern Illinois University. A member of the Society of Midland Authors, Linda is the only non-Illinois resident featured on the website.
Grand Rapids Poets’ Conference
/in News, Reading /by AdministratorWEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 11:30-12:45 | Website session: Rod Torreson with students, Thru the 3rd Eye; David Cope on professional websites and use of online sources. Location: 108 Sneden Exploration of Thru the 3rd Eye, Rod Torreson’s laureate project with students and former students: the website as a way of making connections, developing interviewing and review […]
“The Dream of Trees” by Dianne Carroll Burdick & Linda Nemec Foster
/in News, Reading /by AdministratorThe Dream of Trees by Dianne Carroll Burdick & Linda Nemec Foster To walk like the scarves Of clouds, to abandon land And never return Originally Published by Rattle, click here to view article. DIANNE CARROLL BURDICK: “I photographed all the images with black & white film and printed all images on fiber-base […]
“Playground” by Dianne Carroll Burdick & Linda Nemec Foster
/in News, Reading /by AdministratorDIANNE CARROLL BURDICK: “I photographed all the images with black & white film and printed all images on fiber-base black & white paper. When the print is dry, I treat the paper with an oil-base solvent and color the image with colored pencils. ‘Playground’ was photographed at my dad’s ranch in Ukiah, California. Strangely enough, […]