An Archer's Inner Life: A Collection of Essays on the Wood Bow Book~NEW

Description: An Archer's Inner Life A Collection of Essays on the Wood Bow Along with a Dialectic on Hunting (1ST ed.) by Dave Sigurslid ***** TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface and Apologiaxv What connection does making wood bows have with man's place in nature The place of hunter and hunted The connection of archery and bow making with hunting The traditions of hunting Self-knowledge is worth striving for A simple perspective to self-knowledge with a minimalist approach Making bows has calmed me Hidden Hand3 Poem The Bow: A Tool of No Significance4 "I made that bow in 1938" I carved the bow The primitive bow is good mythology The primitive bow is allegorical The nature of its shape Arcs, circles, cycles, symbols, bows Shooting primitive bows is not like shooting other archery equipment The Art of Being Genuine26 This, dear friends, is hunting A bear hunt For modern hunters, Thoreau's sense of Nature has vanished Hunting is atavistic Hunting is an exercise in genuity Hunting is immersion into nature We may eat without hunting Raven Speaks of Arrow Shafts39 Poem Confessions of a Self-Bow Cultist41 The central tool is called the self-bow Self-bows are meager and simple The bow takes shape Simple bow, tools, task, self Carve a bow and ponder death lightly The Renaissance56 The bow delights me with its character, as do the arrows We create art Functional art A bow must work as a bow Shooting the bow is an art The roving archer is an athlete We feel inexplicably compelled to find the secrets to primitive archery Life After Fly Fishing63 Fly fishing used to be a perfect hobby Would Leopold call fly fishing a hobby Bamboo and natural feathers Finding a suitable substitute for fly fishing is not easy Archery is older than fly fishing Hesitate at the future of fly fishing Feathered Hair71 Poem Savage Liberty on Hummingbird Creek73 Time is money Do not think on time What interest and importance can bows and arrows be Time management Time may be all we have Shoot arrows from ancient bows It may strike the targets: actual, time and self We watch our colorful arrows proceed mysteriously How to Remember the Best Times82 Moon phases We cannot remember everything React only if the bear tries the tent Deep calming breaths, deep calming breaths Adventure, danger strikes at our deepest part I listen to the bears Time spent in field or forest Fasting Hunt: A Hero's Journey92 Bart packed no food Bart walked and walked some more Bart, Bart, Bart Bart breathed deeply, slowly, quietly His hallucination Poor Bart Companion103 Poem A letter from Native Americans to settlers, dated 1774105 Short letter The Uncertainty Principle106 We were turkey hunting I thought how old is this kind of hunting How accurately modern synthetic bows may be shot Modern bows rely upon a large number of small variables to effect arrow flight We learn caution in reliance on too small detail Turkeys see arrows coming and casually step aside A good wood bow in the Black Hills More than a Mountain: The Archer's Paradox116 We do not seek Gnarled sinew-backed bows The archer's paradox It makes you an archer and not an art collector Death of a tree, life of a bow, portrayal in art, art itself The hunting archer illustrates another paradox The Yahi archer, Ishi, exemplified this paradox Our lives are filled with paradox The Sorcerer's Appliance125 Opponents of hunting would have us believe that hunting and killing are equivalent terms How important is the killing We hunt as we read Hunting comprises a quality issue. 'Witchery' is an excellent synonym for quality hunting Cultivation of the mind aroused when hunting Enough is Sufficient138 Hunting viewed as a privilege The greater good of society superceding the benefit of hunting Engage in tradition Those who stand tallest and our extreme excess of material for hunting What constitutes pure hunting? Traditionally pursuit on foot or horseback A grouse hunt Hunting: A Redefinition of Terms151 The equipment checklists for modern hunting More natural means exist for hunting Hunting is predation, a biologic function Hunting equals killing Hunting is big business Business confuses the motivations of society for hunting Emersion into our ancestral form Yellow Feathers159 Poem A Part or Apart161 Nature and my juniper bow Are we a part of, or apart from, nature? What is innocence in nature? Mankind's role in nature Violins are of wood, wood is of nature I ask if the lion in the zoo is of nature We play sonatas The reason for loving the natural life As part of nature we live and die A wood bow will remind us that we are part of nature I'll Take My Hunter's Stand170 A noble ecological notion Nature is a dealer in life and death We are born and by nature's hand we die Key trophic links Hunt and eat or eat vegetarian "Ishi and modern man shared neither weapons, techniques, nor attitudes." Twelve Curses183 Killing is the goal of hunting Hunters hunt in order to kill People carry weapons when they hunt No necessity for killing is attached to hunting Hunting is recreation Hunters kill for play Hunting is fun for the hunter Hunting is a matter of conscience Chant Wood195 Poem The Blank196 The carver calls the piece of wood a blank Ghost shape hiding inside the blank Dreaming implies holding some expectation of an outcome Psychics and crackpots claim to dream with predictive accuracy The carving to the dreaming Dreams and outcomes converge Integration202 Our covenant with the hunted is fair chase Hunting is tradition The hunting business and advertisement people encourage more of us to hunt Hunters can reinvest thinking and practice Elk do not hide behind every tree and most of what is called elk hunting is elk walkingSoftcover. Unabridged. 2001. 9.0" L x 6.04" W. 252 pages. BRAND NEW! PLEASE NOTE: PHOTO IN THIS AUCTION IS A STOCK PHOTO OF THE BOOK. 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