Response to Dillard
In the spirit of Thoreau at Walden, Annie Dillard has a mystifying ability to extract the extraordinary out of almost anything. Dillard writes about her experiences living at Tinker Creek. There is nothing spectacular about this place, but Dillard’s words make it seem majestic in its tranquility. She is able to find endless writing material on simple walks through the woods. An example is her deluge into the essence of life after observing a frog literally have its life sucked from it while a bug grasped it from below. That is an interesting thing to see no matter who you are, but still, Annie’s style brings it all out so much more. She never allowed herself to think about anything without finding some sort of huge significance within it, and she does it well. What would seem like a collection of writings about over-thinking everything her eye gets caught upon, instead becomes an insight into the mind and spirituality.
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