Fishing and the Art of Activism by Stephen Duncombe (English) Paperback Book

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Elegantly written and charmingly illustrated,The Activist Anglershows how lessons learned from angling can guide political activism and vice versa. Patience, preparation and precision are needed to catch fish . . . and to build a movement.Looking for a retreat during the stress of the pandemic, the activist and teacher Steve Duncombe took up fishing, a sport he had abandoned in his youth. After many years away from his rod, he had to re-learn how to fish and approached the practice with what Zen masters call "Beginner's Mind." Having no recent experience to fall back on, every fish successfully caught or line hopelessly snarled served as a lesson. Hours spent doing little more than casting and retrieving meant plenty of time to think. One of the things Steve thought a lot about was activism. The art of angling, he discovered, has a lot to teach about the art of activism.The Activist Anglerbrings together these lessons in an engaging journey from the street to the beach and back. The format is simple: one reflection on fishing followed by another on what might be learned and applied to activism, with each accompanied by an illustration. Topics range from telling fish stories and the trap of activist nostalgia, to the impossibility of thinking like a fish yet the necessity for an organizer to understand their audience, with detours through reflections on self-care, catch-and-release, and taking responsibility for the human cost of one's political actions.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Author Biography

Stephen Duncombeis a lifelong activist and co-founder of the Center for Artistic Activism. Teaching and writing on the intersection of culture and politics, he has published eight books, most notably Art and Activism: Your All-Purpose Guide to Make the Impossible Possible (with Steve Lambert), Dream or Nightmare: Reimagining Politics in an Age of Fantasy, and the Cultural Resistance Reader.

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This elegantly written and charmingly illustrated book offers a series of reflections on the way lessons learned from angling can be applied to political activism and vice versa. Patience, preparation and precision are needed both to catch fish and build a movement. An avid fisherman in his youth, Steve Duncombe put down his rod nearly forty years ago, picking up, instead, a bullhorn and a placard to begin organizing community groups, mobilizing marches, staging direct actions, walking picket lines, and being arrested for civil disobedience more times than he can remember. Over the past decade, he has traveled the globe training activists to think more like artists and artists to think more like activists. Looking for a physical retreat and mental break during the pandemic of 2020 Duncombe took up fishing again. After so many decades away from sport, he had to re-teach himself how to fish and approached the practice with what Zen masters call Beginner's Mind. With no recent experience to fall back on, every fish successfully caught or line hopelessly snarled provided a clear lesson. With hours spent doing little more than casting and retrieving -- actually catching fish being a fraction of the time spent fishing -- he had plenty of time to think about the lessons he was learning. One of the things he thought a lot about was activism. Fishing, he discovered, has a lot to teach about the art of activism. The Activist Angler brings together these lessons in an engaging journey from the street to the beach and back. The format is simple: one refection on fishing followed by another on what might be learned and applied to activism with each accompanied by an illustration. Topics range from telling fish stories and the trap of activist nostalgia, to the impossibility of thinking like a fish yet the necessity of understanding one's audience, with detours through meditations on self-care, catch-and-release, and taking responsibility for the human cost of one's political actions.

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Admittedly, activist anglers are a small demographic, but disaggregated the numbers are much larger. Fishing is still one of the most popular leisure activities in the US (46 million strong) and around the world, with its numbers increasing and its demographics changing over the past decade (Young people fishing on the banks of the Seine made it into the NY Times in 2021). Activism, too, is on the rise: from massive climate marches, to Black Lives Matter protests, to the darker side of right-wing populist protest. Both anglers and activists will recognize themselves within the book and, perhaps, discover the other. The audience of the book cannot be limited to these two categories. After all, how many readers of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance rode motorcycles or practiced Zen? Fishing and activism may be the ostensible topics of Fishing and the Art of Activism, but they're really just subjects to reflect upon to address bigger questions: How do I live in the moment? How do I understand the past? What is my relationship to my surroundings? How do I spend time with myself? Where do I find community? How can I connect to those who are different from me? Where do I find excitement? How do I find peace?

Details ISBN1682195015 Author Stephen Duncombe Publisher OR Books Language English ISBN-10 1682195015 ISBN-13 9781682195017 Format Paperback Pages 200 Imprint OR Books Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations B/W line drawings throughout Year 2023 Publication Date 2023-07-06 NZ Release Date 2023-07-06 US Release Date 2023-07-06 UK Release Date 2023-07-06 DEWEY 322.43 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-09-27 We've got this

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