I'm Christopher Tippet.

James Prosek, my guest this hour, has written that for him, the trout in its stream is the

essence of life, encompassing survival and beauty, death and birth.

Prosek is a 33-year-old flyfisher, painter and writer who has always, as he puts it, found

God through the theater of nature.

We explore the sense of meaning and mystery he's developed along the way, including his

concern with how we humans limit our sense of other creatures by the names we give them.

Nature really is chaotic.

The real myth is the one that the Natural History Museum promotes in its collections

and in its family trees and genealogies.

The real myth is the myth of order.

This is Speaking of Faith, stay with us.

This public radio podcast is supported by the Fetzer Institute as part of its campaign

for Love and Forgiveness online at loveandforgive.org.

I'm Kate Moose, managing producer of Speaking of Faith.

This week we bring you Christus 2008 conversation with painter and writer James Prosek on his

philosophy of mystery, nature and fishing.

I'm Krista Tippett.

James Prosek is a 33-year-old flyfisher, artist and writer who has always, as he puts it,

found God through the theater of nature.

From a young age, he's been fascinated by trout and now eels, which he sees as mystical

creatures, and he's captured them literally and artistically by way of both angling and

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