The wisdom of donkeys finding tranquility in a chaotic world
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The Wisdom of Donkeys: Finding Tranquility in a Chaotic World
"The demon of speed is often associated with forgetting, with avoidance ... and slowness with memory and confronting," observes Milan Kundera in his novel Slowness. With that purpose in mind-a search for slowness and tranquility-Andy Merrifield sets out on a journey of the soul with a friend's donkey, Gribouille, to walk amid the ruins and spectacular vistas of southern France's Haute-Auvergne. As Merrifield contemplates literature, science, truth, and beauty amid the French countryside, Gribouille surprises him with his subtle wisdom, reminding him time and again that enlightenment is all around us if we but seek it.
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The Wisdom of Donkeys - Finding Tranquility in a Chaotic World
“Can a donkey be a philosopher? Merrifield believes so and, with this modest, lovely little book, makes us believe so, too.” - Booklist
About the author Andy Merrifield and his book The Wisdom of Donkeys
Andy Merrifield dreams became true: From a simple working-class family in a small suburb of England where he was often underestimated by his teachers he made it to America in the big city of his childhood dreams - New York. - As a venerable doctor he has taught human geography in some of the most appreciated universities and in the most well known journals his articles have been published ...anyway he was not really happy with his lifestyle. Then a journey with the donkey Gribouille changed his life. It was a important soul journey - and with his book "the wisdom of donkeys" he share this fantastic insights of the world and his much more meaningful life with us. While reading you can travel through the crumbling ruins and spectacular vistas of southern France’s Haute-Auvergne. Along the way the understated nobility of Gribouille, his humble donkey companion, allows you to confront yourself as well as to consi
“The demon of speed is often associated with forgetting, with avoidance…and slowness with memory and confronting,” observes Milan Kundera in his novel Slowness. With that purpose in mind–a search for slowness and tranquillity–Andy Merrifield set out on a journey of the soul with a friend’s donkey, to walk amid the ruins and spectacular vistas of southern France’s Haute-Auvergne. The purposeful pace of the journey and the understated nobility of Gribouille, his humble donkey companion, allowed him to confront himself as well as to consider the larger mysteries of life. As Merrifield contemplates literature, science, truth and beauty, and the universality of nature amid the French countryside, Gribouille surprises him with his subtle wisdom, reminding him time and again that enlightenment is all around us if we but seek it. Travelling with Andy Merrifield and Gribouille, we’re reminded of the contemplative and exquisite benefits of nature, passive adventuring, and wild spaces.
Donkeys, says the author, can have a “profound presence”. Merrifield would spend hours watching them graze: it was “a sort of meditation, {/REGREPLACE}