
polynesian rope map – This blows my mind. The polynesian islanders (the best navigators the world has ever known) used to make these maps out of bamboo sticks, showing ocean currents and islands. Captain Cook was dazzled by their navigational skills.
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1876 Abbott Handerson Thayer (American artist, naturalist, teacher; 1849-1921) ~ Landscape at Fontainebleau Forest; private collection, oil on artist’s board. I LOVE THIS PAINTING.
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“Teach us delight in simple things.” — Rudyard Kipling — The Naturalist Intelligence as identified by Harvard educator, Howard Gardner, is pivotal to children’s environmental learning. Learn more at “Creative learning – how to build a child’s naturalist intelligence” at https://www.examiner.com/article/creative-learning-how-to-build-a-child-s-naturalist-intelligence
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From the notebooks of the naturalist Asa Gray, whose writings I scoured for inspiration on “The Signature of All Things.”
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Naturalist’s study. Darwin’s to be exact.
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