Our relationships to the places around us are as complex and ever-changing as the land itself. This book asks: are we shapers of the landscapes we inhabit or does the land, with all its variable resources, shape us? Author Joanne Light and photographer Stephen Patterson answer that we are both shaper and shaped, and that we need to change our thinking from “either/or” to “both.” This is the change from thinking of ourselves as “exploiter of the land/protector of the land” to a more integrated awareness that involves action as well as contemplation. Light and Patterson’s sensitive forays into the landscape capture why people connect so strongly not only with the rugged, sea-swept Nova Scotia, but all of the Earth’s regions. Their words and images inspire refreshing views and timely meditations.