new book: Attention

All year I look at the ground, my vision blurring while a snake crosses my path. Nervous as a songbird, I watch a hawk fly off with a fluff of bird in its talons. I curl up on my bed, the grass, in brambles. I am a fawn. I am myself when I am alone. This is all I longed for, these wild moments. I watch and am watched. I am nature but I am apart from nature.

- excerpt from Attention

I’m so excited to finally be sharing my new book! It’s called Attention, and it’s a folio of writing from 2020. In that year I carried a little notebook with me on my walks and recorded everything I saw, big and small. It was an unintentional grounding exercise that kept me going during one of the most difficult periods in my life. The notes are compiled from my notebook and the notes app on my phone and are separated by month, beginning in March and ending in December. Almost every word was written outside - on dirt roads, in fields, in forests.

You can read an interview about the book with my friend Grace here.

Order your copy on my shop mayaskylark.bigcartel.com

Thank you!