You In The World - Softcover

Stevens, Payson R.; Singh, Charanjit

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1448606489 ISBN 13: 9781448606481

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010

Synopsis

You In The World is a suite of poems addressed to the reader. They cover topics from the individual to culture; the self and dreams; death, and the past and present. The "You" of You In The World is both personal and universal. The poems pose questions that are both timeless and contemporary. They offer the reader a poetic mirror to reflect on the inner life and the outer world. Included with the 101 poems are eight paintings by the author.

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About the Author

Payson R. Stevens is an artist (www.energylandscapes.com) and writer dividing his homes between California, USA and a remote Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh, India. Trained in science and art, he was founder and President of both InterNetwork, Inc. and InterNetwork Media, Inc., award-winning science/consulting groups with clients in government, industry, and academia. His studies included the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Arts Students League. He has been involved with traditional and new media as an artist, designer, writer, and filmmaker for over thirty-five years. Stevens co-authored and packaged Meshuggenary: Celebrating the World of Yiddish, (Simon & Schuster, 2002). He was lead author of the acclaimed, Embracing Earth: New Views of Our Changing Planet (Chronicle, 1992), which appeared in four foreign-language editions. He was also contributing author and artist/designer to the award-winning college textbooks, Geology Today (CRM, 1973) and Biology Today (CRM, 1971). Stevens helped pioneer the field of digital interactive multimedia starting in 1987 and in 1994 received the Presidential Design Award for Excellence from President Bill Clinton for this work. He has been an advisor to the Great Himalayan National Park/India since 2000 working on issues of sustainable livelihoods and nature conservation. He is a founding member and Board Advisor of My Himachal (www.myhimachal.com) a 501c3, non-profit NGO dedicated to helping improve the lives of rural villagers in Himachal Pradesh. All net proceeds from the sale of You In The World will help further those efforts.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1448606489
• ISBN 13: 9781448606481
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Stevens Payson R.
• Number of pages: 124