Moments Out of Time
A family canoes the north woods
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20504646 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Trudelle Thomas (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 85-98 |
| Publication date | 2001-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Children s Spirituality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-436X • E-ISSN: 1469-8455 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13644360120047469 |
| OpenAlex | W2020827422 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
This nature essay recounts the author's 10-day canoe trip with her blended family through Algonquin Provincial Park in Canada. Within the narrative, she explores the ways in which a young child's spirituality ('relational consciousness') influence her own adult consciousness. Conversations with her 6-year-old son lead to her to develop the metaphor of radio frequencies to reflect upon the differences between children's and adults' attitudes toward time: solar time; here-and-now time; the human life cycle; historical time; memory time; industrial time; infinity time. In addition to these conversations, the author draws upon several social critics, nature writers, and others. Other themes touched upon include contemplation, the sense of wonder, bodily knowing, the deep self, and time management. The essay closes with the author reflecting on the need to reclaim time in ways that nurture the natural spirituality of childhood
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Consciousness · Contemplation · Epistemology · Literature · Metaphor · Narrative · Nature versus nurture · Sociology · Spirituality · Theology · Wonder · American Environmental and Regional History · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Philosophy · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |