![]() ![]() “This poetic and gently sublime book takes us on a journey of discovery of ‘our home wrapped in water. This book will appeal to anyone interested in the natural world, in artistic depictions of it, or in a good story well told. The Memory of Water probes a crucial and contemporary issue-that of our relationship to water and the wildlife and human life that depends upon it. Travelling the River Ganges in India, the author finds that a massive misuse of water is complicated by a billion people’s faith-based adoration of the same water. ![]() Other stories include an account of a sojourn in a small Georgian Bay fishing village as a young artist, an adventure on an urban river in southwestern Ontario, and a portrayal of the complex underwater world of the South Pacific. But his Arctic stories also celebrate human creativity as they recount the life of the pre-Inuit people, who, hunting in a changing environment, endured many hardships and developed new technologies, such as the sea kayak, to cope. In the Arctic he is attacked by a polar bear, stalked by a rogue walrus, and nearly drowns in ferocious waters. ![]() The stories in The Memory of Water-all of them accompanied by the author’s own stunning artwork-describe his adventures in the Arctic, South Pacific, Great Lakes region, and India. ![]() Adventurer, writer, and artist Allen Smutylo has experienced some of the wildest and most captivating waters imaginable in all corners of the globe. ![]()
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