Todos necesitamos la belleza

Samantha Walton explores how natural healing could lead us to a more just way of life: a true means of recovery for people, society and nature. For decades, Western society has been seeking the healing properties of nature. Hospitals and schools reinvent themselves by including gardens or orchards and forests are transformed into wellness centers. The "therapeutic landscapes" are born, powerful benefactors for mental and physical health. In We All Need Beauty Samantha Walton turns to history, science, literature and art to show us that natural healing has roots as deep as they are ancient. However, in these moments in which we face an unprecedented crisis in the field of mental health and environmental devastation, seeking and promoting spaces for that cure is more urgent than ever. Throughout this erudite and personal work, Walton invites us to reflect on our relationship with some of the most primitive and wild elements of nature, such as water, forests and mountains, but also brings us closer to gardens, farms, parks and virtual natures, spaces where the hand of man is more present. Thus, she delves into the undeniable link between nature and health, while she analyzes the harmful trends of a wellness industry that only wants to take advantage of our relationship with the natural world.