Gavin Pretor-Pinney: Cloudy with a chance of joy
Gavin Pretor-Pinney: Molnigt med utsikter till lycka
Cloud Appreciation Society founder Gavin Pretor-Pinney shows how seemingly idle pursuits provide unexpected paths to appreciating overlooked wonders. Full bio
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så har det engelska språket
De märker inte ens molnen,
frustrerande obstruktioner,
och tänker att himlen är blå.
av solstrålar som spricker fram
av de där bläckplumpsbilderna
över formerna du ser i molnen,
av existentiell ångest.
fantasieggande, poetiska aspekt.
Det är sant.
är så vanligt, så alldagligt,
med spöregn och hagel,
och blicka mot skyn, eller hur?
med huvudet bland molnen.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gavin Pretor-Pinney - CloudspotterCloud Appreciation Society founder Gavin Pretor-Pinney shows how seemingly idle pursuits provide unexpected paths to appreciating overlooked wonders.
Why you should listen
As co-founder of The Idler magazine, Gavin Pretor-Pinney is a longtime advocate of the joys of time ill-spent. In The Cloudspotter's Guide and The Cloud Collector's Handbook, he tackles the idlest pursuit of all: cloudwatching.
Pretor-Pinney’s blend of tranquil appreciation and hard science have floated his cloud books to the top of bestseller lists. For Pretor-Pinney, clouds illustrate how mundane phenomena reveal the complex vectors that connect the natural wonders around us.
Pretor-Pinney is also the author of The Wavewatcher's Companion.
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