There are a few small stains on the hard cover of this book, but overall in good condition. Within the visual arts, the relationship between people, culture and nature is increasingly the subject of (artistic) research - a theme that Herman De Vries (Alkmaar, 1931) has also been working on for decades. He has been working for more than sixty years on a versatile oeuvre in which art, science and philosophy are confronted with the reality of the world. The theme of his work is topical at a time when ecological issues can count on broader social attention. De Vries's recent work is leading at the Venice Biennale and in the book to be all ways to be. The guideline in the book is formed by a conversation between De Vries and Jean-Hubert Martin, in which the works on display in Venice are reviewed. Martin confronts de vries with key concepts such as synaesthesia, mimesis, craftsmanship, typologies and orders, infinity, poetry, performance, nature and ecology, and interweaves works, de vries