Review Of Silent Symphony By Tony Wu And William Tan

Structured as an extended metaphor comparing the sea with a symphony, the magnificent Silent Symphony comprises four chapters-or, to keep with the conceit-four "movements": Discovery, Fascination, Passion, and Epiphany. Truly, the conceit is genius: it clearly demonstrates how the sea, like a symphony, derives its beauty and meaning from the intricate relationship among all of its parts. Silent Symphony makes painfully obvious that, in the same way that one instrument can not play a symphony, one fish can not make an ecosystem. Ultimately, not only is Silent Symphony a dynamite photo essay showcasing the marine world, it's also an important document explaining why ocean conservation is imperative...