Ella Frances Sanders on Musings on a Vast Universe

<p>Ella Frances Sanders is an internationally-bestselling author and illustrator of three books. Her third book,&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/362fknK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Eating the Sun: Small Musings on a Vast Universe</em></a>, was the recipient of the 2019 Whirling Prize for Prose and has been translated into many languages.</p><p>In this episode, Eric and Ella have a delicious conversation about this lovely book that contains all sorts of interesting facts and beautiful illustrations about our universe and how we as humans relate to such things.</p><p>But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed.&nbsp;<a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month.&nbsp;</a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p><p><strong>In This Interview, Ella Frances Sanders and I Discuss her Musings on a Vast Universe and…</strong></p><ul><li>Her book,&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/362fknK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>“Eating the Sun: Small Musings on a Vast Universe”</em></a></li><li>Her take on the wolf parable and how it’s about choosing possibility over panic</li><li>How moving slowly helps us notice a lot of what’s good</li><li>Our relationship to plants and to the sun</li><li>How giving plants human characteristics helps us connect and care about them</li><li>The challenge in understanding the scale of things</li><li>We see things through filters without thinking about it</li><li>How science works with laws and things that we know are true</li><li>Our choices are affected by how we are influenced by the world around us&nbsp;</li><li>How the universe is moving toward ultimate chaos</li><li>Our memories are susceptible to alterations and get filtered through the present moment</li><li>How we are only remembering the last time we remembered</li><l