Thank you for sharing, both the book recommendations and your ever-thoughtful review. Two things come to mind right away, although a slower abiding will no doubt bring more or other thoughts. The first is that the book seems to pair well with the poetry, lament and celebration of the Psalms. I’ve been taking a slow-walk through the Psalms for the past year and a half or so, and it invite this kind of approach to (and from) the living God. Second, this ecos a bit with Mako Fujimura’s concept of slow art, to behold art (the broken pieces and generative light) and the slowness of sitting with art long enough for our neural sorting to calm down and see beyond a glance. I’m reading “Art Is: A Journey Into the Light” right now.
Thanks for the pointer to Mako! I do think some of my frustrations with poetry, and many Psalms, is simply an unwillingness to sit and soak. The small steps I was able to take into poet lands during the MFA study opened glorious new layers of scripture. Enough to convince me this will be a rewarding journey. I am (once again) grateful for your encouragement.
Yes! What can we call these epistemological commitments in which we discern adequate evidence? Much of life is lived well short of certainty, but with sufficient confidence to warrant action. Stepping onto a rope bridge is a dramatic example. A more mundane one is heating up leftovers that are probably still okay.
Thank you for sharing, both the book recommendations and your ever-thoughtful review. Two things come to mind right away, although a slower abiding will no doubt bring more or other thoughts. The first is that the book seems to pair well with the poetry, lament and celebration of the Psalms. I’ve been taking a slow-walk through the Psalms for the past year and a half or so, and it invite this kind of approach to (and from) the living God. Second, this ecos a bit with Mako Fujimura’s concept of slow art, to behold art (the broken pieces and generative light) and the slowness of sitting with art long enough for our neural sorting to calm down and see beyond a glance. I’m reading “Art Is: A Journey Into the Light” right now.
Thanks for the pointer to Mako! I do think some of my frustrations with poetry, and many Psalms, is simply an unwillingness to sit and soak. The small steps I was able to take into poet lands during the MFA study opened glorious new layers of scripture. Enough to convince me this will be a rewarding journey. I am (once again) grateful for your encouragement.
Thoughtful. And decidedly slow.
Nice one, DL 💛
Yes! What can we call these epistemological commitments in which we discern adequate evidence? Much of life is lived well short of certainty, but with sufficient confidence to warrant action. Stepping onto a rope bridge is a dramatic example. A more mundane one is heating up leftovers that are probably still okay.