I was attracted to a small article about the plant life recorded by Henry David Thoreau in today's New York Times. The article is a collaboration between Richard B. Primack, Boston University, J. Miller-Rushing,science coordinator at Arcadia National Park, and Becca Stadtlander, illustrator.
"Early Bloomers" is a brief account of what has become of the plant life of Thoreau's time. It concludes with a timely quote by the naturalist, philosopher and writer: "The question is not what you look at, but what you see."
As we celebrate Earth Day and remember the Holocaust, would that we take to heart that quote by Henry David Thoreau and ask, what do we see?
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