Waymarkstracksonemanthroughsignificantencounterswiththenaturalworld,aroundtheglobe.AnEthiopianlake,anAustralianrainforest,anAmericandesert,anEnglishbeach:thestagekeepschanging,buttheintentstaysthesame.Apoetentersadeepdialoguewithbirds,animals,people,plants,seas,andalltheforcesthatthreatenandchurnthismixoflife.JamesThorntonisazenpriest,andWaymarkssitsalongsideotherclassicsofmetaphysicalwritinginwhichpoetsbaretheirsoul.Teachingsfromgreatfiguresalongthewaypermeatethecollection:aWestCoastpoet,aJapaneseZenMaster,aspiritualleader,andtheDalaiLama.
