Comforting Thought: Garden Warblers Sing For Their Own Enjoyment

a cape weaver perched on a branch

“Many bird species are not melodic combatants but lone dreamers enveloping themselves in a veil of song,” writes Andreas Weber. “Individuals of species like the garden warbler chatter in a special species-specific low-voice melody only when they are alone and undisturbed. They are talking to themselves, delicate and melodious and totally free of utility.”

Third Ear: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening by Elizabeth Rosner
Comforting Thought: Garden Warblers Sing For Their Own Enjoyment
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Book Review Third Ear by Elizabeth Rosner

Extracted from: Third Ear: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening by Elizabeth Rosner

A world of exquisite beauty and expansive awareness awaits if only we open up our ears and listen with our ‘Third Ear’ for greater connection, understanding and love of all beings. Elizabeth Rosner is a wonderfully vivid and artful weaver of liminal worlds of quietude and sound.

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Genre: Spirituality, self-love, self-awareness, psychology, history

Publisher: Counterpoint Press

Review in one word: Pianissimo

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