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On looking a walker's guide to the art of observation

On Looking begins with inattention. It is about attending to the joys of the unattended, the perceived 'ordinary.' Horowitz encourages us to rediscover the extraordinary things that we are missing in our ordinary activities. Even when engaged in the simplest of activities like taking a walk around t...

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Main Author: Horowitz, Alexandra (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2014.
Edition:First Scribner trade paperback edition.
Subjects:
Self-consciousness (Awareness)
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Perception.
Cognition.
Awareness.
Environmental psychology.
Consciousness.
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Summary:On Looking begins with inattention. It is about attending to the joys of the unattended, the perceived 'ordinary.' Horowitz encourages us to rediscover the extraordinary things that we are missing in our ordinary activities. Even when engaged in the simplest of activities like taking a walk around the block, we pay so little attention to most of what is right before us that we are sleepwalkers in our own lives.
Physical Description:viii, 308 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-294) and index.
ISBN:9781439191262
1439191263
Author Notes:Alexandra Horowitz is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know ; On Looking: A Walker's Guide to the Art of Observation ; Being a Dog: Following the Dog into a World of Smell ; Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond ; and The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves . She teaches at Barnard College, where she runs the Dog Cognition Lab. She lives with her family of Homo sapiens , Canis familiaris , and Felis catus in New York City.

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