Amy Tan started taking drawing lessons in her sixties. These lessons gave her the skill to beautifully capture her encounters with animals, and she found herself particularly drawn to birds. However, this experience also gave her something else: a renewed sense of curiosity.
In her book The Backyard Bird Chronicles, Tan writes about her journey cultivating the virtue of curiosity during her deep observations of birds. In the preface to her book, she introduces her readers to what started her love of natural journaling; she went on several excursions with a guide who walked her through the different elements and dimensions of observing nature and documenting her findings…
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