CREATESPACE The Blossoming of Olde Rowan Tree: Poems and life through an Asperger's lens

An amazing work of photographic and poetic artistryDavid Charles Rowan MA MSc has three diagnosed autistic conditions; Asperger’s Syndrome, Dyslexia and Dyspraxia and a suspected fourth, Echopraxia. For every copy of this sold, £1 will be donated to NAS - the National Autistic Society .The considered wisdom is that people with Asperger's are dissociated from emotion; Spock-like and dispassionate. One of the ‘narrow interests’, David is ‘fixated’ with, is understanding the human condition; its joys and passions, clarity and confusions. This entails exploring one’s own vulnerability and emotional sensitivity; which lends itself to developing a sympathetic understanding of how life is for other people. David has an articulate mind and his writings on being an adult with Asperger’s Syndrome has illuminated the experience of the condition for those who also live within the spectrum, enabling parents to also have a deeper understanding and clarity. The opening poem, An Asperger’s Heart, moved one parent to write; ‘I have a 3 year old with Asperger’s and so this touched me deeply. I can see it in his eyes how much he wants to communicate effectively and cant. your poem made me feel like I was listening to his soul speak. thank you !!!!’Carolyn Palmer writes in the foreword:‘There is so much here to ponder and to absorb. This is a collection of pieces taking us through life, love, longing, desire, loss, joy, wonder, beauty, in fact the whole gamut of life lived on earth, among the stars, through time, and eons of birth and rebirth. It is about being different, but also the same, in that David has plumbed the depths, desires, longings, pain, wonder and joy, that so many of us feel, though few of us are able to articulate so eloquently and with such beauty.But there is more yet again ... The photographs that accompany this wonderful collection are not only completely in tune with the words they accompany, but are works of beauty in themselves.In some ways, David’s work is a love song. It is a love song, to life ...’