August 2021 – According to the Arts

This is Your Mind on Plants

According to the Art: Michael Pollan continues pursuing his interest in the human drive for altering consciousness through mind-altering substances he started with his previous book, and marries this interest with his passion for plants and gardening. In this book, he investigates through personal experience, opium, caffeine, and mescaline.

Should We Stay or Should We Go

What These Works Say

According to the art: The book has entertainment value, to be sure. Readers of a certain age will further appreciate the book for the questions it raises and the thinking it inspires about taking measures to avoid devastating enfeeblement and infirmity during old age.