James Prosek Fishing with Mystery

Published: Aug. 28, 2008, noon

b'James Prosek is an artist, fly-fisher, author, and environmental activist who has always, as he puts it, found God \\u201cthrough the theater of nature.\\u201d From a young age he has been fascinated by trout and now eel \\u2013 which he sees as \\u201cmystical creatures\\u201d \\u2013 and he\\u2019s captured them literally and artistically, by way of both angling and paint. We explore the sense of meaning and mystery he has developed along the way, including his concern with how we humans limit our sense of other creatures by the names we give them.'