Response To Annie Dillard's The Active Life
While I read this book or The Active Life, I agree with Palmer statement when he have believed that this reality is “deep stuff” because it is more complicated and varied than a cursory inspection may lead us to believe. With Annie Dillard, we believe we must “ride these monsters deeper down,” and there find the bedrock reality (Palmer. 30). Also, the active life book helped me to realize about the stability of my life between contemplation and action, so this book is really good, and enjoyable to me, and I could highly suggest this book to people who interested thinking about their life between action and contemplation. Palmer uses wisdom stories (from Taoist poetry, Hasidic fable to the Christian gospel) masterfully to elucidate these