This book is part photo collection, part memoir, and part call to action. Photographer Marjorie Ryerson captures the beauty and the variety of rain, ponds, lakes, streams, and oceans, often using close-ups to catch the abstract shapes in the water. Sixty-six classical and pop musicians from 22 countries — Vladimir Asheknazy, Emanuel Ax, Sarah Chang, Mickey Hart, Taj Mahal, Bobby McFerrin, Midori, Peter Seeger, to name just a few — contribute songs, poems, stories, and essays expressing how water has inspired their art and nurtured their souls. In the introduction, Paul Winter warns that our supplies of this vital natural resource are endangered and "as we pollute our water sources, we poison all life systems."