The Art of Stillness by Pico Iyer
Join the Desert Reserach Library Book Club for an in-person meeting on May 16th at 7:00pm PST to discuss The Art of Stillness by Pico Iyer at A-Z West.
This month’s book was selected and acquired for the DRL Library by T Hammidi. Since we’re less than a month out from the meeting, this one is a super quick read.
Here’s why T selected The Art of Stillness for our library and the book club:
“The Art of Stillness is an expansion of Pico Iyer’s blockbuster TED Talk. It highlights why so many - from Leonard Cohen to Marcel Proust to Mahatma Gandhi to Emily Dickinson — have found richness in stillness. I picked this book to share tools, inspiration and the gifts the desert truly offers: stillness, quiet, slowness, presence and healing community. Let’s sit and discuss stillness in this ever-rapid world!”
—T Hammidi
We look forward to welcoming old time Book Clubbers and meeting newcomers in person! Don’t forget to bring snacks and drinks to share.
Used and new copies are available for under $10 from many online bookstores such as Abe Books and Bookshop.org. Additionally, if you don’t have time to buy or read this month’s book, you can engage with the content by watching the TED talk that inspired this book. As a reminder, you don’t have to read any or all of the book to participate in Book Club, we will always include you in the conversation.
RSVP here to attend. We will send driving directions and information on where to meet at A-Z West the week before the meeting.
After a brief hiatus during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, our in-person book club, formerly known as Kip’s Desert Book Club, resumed in January 2022 as the Desert Research Library Book Club (or DRL Book Club, for short). Each month, a member of the current Desert Research Library Artist Cohort or another member of the book club community selects a book from the library as that month’s book club selection. We meet at various locations throughout the high desert to discuss the books and share snacks.
The DRL Book Club grew out of our long-standing tradition of monthly book club meetings, first established by Katie Bachler during her Scout residency, then carried on as Kip’s Desert Book Club, from October 2014 through April 2021.
