We hope you enjoy this wonderful piece from Boston.com, written by Lauren Daley, featuring an interview with The Walden Woods Project Founder/Chairman of the Board, Don Henley! It discusses the upcoming film “Henry David Thoreau”, Don’s introduction to Thoreau and Walden, the founding of The Walden Woods Project, and the impact of Thoreau.
As Don shares in the article:
“People say: Walden Pond is just an ordinary pond; Walden Woods isn’t a pristine wilderness — timber there has been cut probably three or four times. But the fact that it is a common pond and a common wood are precisely the point.
E.L. Doctrow put it more eloquently than I ever could. He said: The fact that this is a humble place, an ordinary pond and a plain New England wood is exactly the point. Because Thoreau made himself an everyman. And he chose Walden as his everywhere.”
Learn more about The Walden Woods Project and the upcoming film “Henry David Thoreau” at walden.org!
