tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post7854208643798075063..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Commonplace BookSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-31454765441280155812011-03-27T09:51:01.140-07:002011-03-27T09:51:01.140-07:00I agree and have a lot to say about it (;-)-- thin...I agree and have a lot to say about it (;-)-- thinkers (poet- philosopher Fred Turner, quoted in a recent post, Tom Palmer who wrote the book Landscape with Reptile about Boston's rattlers) have gotten in trouble for saying our "extended phenotype" is a necessary part of us. I firmly believe that towns, tools, and art are NATURAL.<br /><br />The book with the essay is in the post below on Flock Flight-- good but rather expensive. You can borrow it from me.Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-12767551619847320002011-03-27T09:40:57.771-07:002011-03-27T09:40:57.771-07:00Great quote; I must check this essay out. I love i...Great quote; I must check this essay out. I love it when thinkers explode the "natural-artificial" duality. This quote reminds me of one by anthropologist Clifford Geertz: "Like the cabbage it so much resembles, the Homo sapiens brain, having arisen within the framework of human culture, would not be viable outside of it."Anna Learhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11693548595547604405noreply@blogger.com