{"product_id":"the-fullness-of-time-marking-the-day-by-birdsong-blooms-shadows-and-stars","title":"The Fullness of Time: Marking the Day by Birdsong, Blooms, Shadows, and Stars","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCathy Haynes\u003c\/b\u003e is a curator, writer, artist, and educator who has been developing a creative practice on aspects of time for more than two decades. She has been Timekeeper in Residence at University of College London's Petrie Museum, Artist in Residence at the Chisenhale Gallery, a curator for Art on the Underground at Transport for London, and a founding faculty member at Alain de Botton's School of Life. She has contributed to \n\u003ci\u003eCabinet Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Human Zoo\u003c\/i\u003e on BBC Radio 4, and \n\u003ci\u003eMonocle Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"In Ms. Haynes's gorgeous and immersive prose, a world before widespread mechanization unfolds. With each instructive and poetic chapter, she shows us how time used to be measured by birdsong and flower bud, the color of twilight and the wide wheel of stars.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Suffused with curiosity and joy, it's a lovely ode to the world's forgotten rhythms.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Haynes. . . makes an engaging book debut with a naturalist's view of marking time. . . . Curiosity and enthusiasm impel a foray into the natural world.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e --Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Most books about time teach you how to control your hours. This one teaches you how to inhabit them. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Fullness of Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a quietly radical invitation to notice more, rush less, and live deeper.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A deeply absorbing exploration of the ways we mark time. Fascinating and full of beauty.\" \n\u003cb\u003e --Katherine May, New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWintering\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEnchantment \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Fullness of Time\u003c\/i\u003e brims with wonders on every page. Thank you, Cathy Haynes, for an antidote to our twitchy, ticky, digital haste, and a portal to sacred, eternal, time in all its wholeness and perfection.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Sy Montgomery, author of\u003ci\u003e Of Time and Turtles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fascinating and enchanting! Each chapter broadens and lifts our awareness, reminding us that we get to choose where we focus our attention between one dawn and the next.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Tristan Gooley, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A beautiful book about the ways we measure time with plants and animals, bodies human and celestial. An immersive, mind-shaping read.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Kieran Setiya, author of \u003ci\u003eLife Is Hard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Cathy Haynes shows us that by opening our senses, we can all discover the rich horological abundances in the world around us. What a simple, yet powerful, gift!\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Juli Berwald, author of \u003ci\u003eSpineless\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLife on the Rocks\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A deeply attentive view over signs of the time; time--as Haynes chronicles so beautifully--in its fullness. A revelatory and utterly wonderful book.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--David Rooney, author of \u003ci\u003eAbout Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Immaculately researched and beautifully written, Cathy Haynes resurrects the forgotten alchemy of timekeeping.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Lara Maiklem, author of \u003ci\u003eMudlark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"[G]orgeous and immersive.\" --\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A deeply absorbing exploration of the ways we mark time. Fascinating and full of beauty.\" --Katherine May, New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWintering\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEnchantment\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA joyful exploration of the forgotten art of marking time from nature's daily rhythms and a call to notice the wonders of the living world, wherever you are.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost of us live fully digitized lives, staring at screens and tracking our data. We think of time as the relentless march of abstract, identical hours that control the shape of our days. But what might we gain from exploring the forgotten art of sensing the natural patterns of the world around us? \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCathy Haynes argues that by devoting more attention to the living rhythms of plants, animals, and light, we stand to reap inner riches that can bring us fascination and delight. To discover a new sense of time, she draws on the knowledge of astronomers, botanists, ornithologists, town planners and experts on sundial-making, shepherding, and traditional work songs. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an earlier world, we used to mark daily cycles by shadows shrinking or the midday glow over a mountaintop. We called a phase of darkness \"cockcrow\" and named lively flowers for when they open and close. When working, we may have synchronized a task by singing. We'd notice the quality of the light changing at dusk and might mark the passing of night by the motion of the stars. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Fullness of Time\u003c\/i\u003e is an alternative history of timekeeping and an invitation to tune into the subtle changes happening around us throughout the day--even in the concrete-and-glass heart of the twenty-first-century city. 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