Community in Real-Time
Henry David Thoreau went to the woods because he “wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life…” It is interesting that he thought he could only do this in nature, not in a city or populated place. Was it because there would be fewer distractions, or because confronting the essence of life was easiest when immersed in the life cycle of nature, or because he was pared down to only what is necessary to survive? Regardless, he is the epitome of the American bucolic desire for meaning and connection and the tendency to believe nature will provide it