Dialogues with Silence: Prayers & Drawings
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (943 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060656034 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In Dialogues with Silence, these (mostly unpublished) drawings--of human figures, churches, the crucifixion, and abstract forms--are paired on pages with the texts of his well-known prayers. It hovers next to a prayer that begins, "O God, my God, why am I so mute?" --Michael Joseph Gross. Editor Jonathan Montaldo's introduction to this volume asserts that Merton, the author of classics including The Seven Storey Mountain, became a: witness for his generation of the way out of self-defeating individualism
kay lent said Five Stars. A book to be read and reread!. A SACRAMENT OF THE MOMENT TO ME I have read many of his books since reading SEVEN STORY MOUNTAIN, A GREAT FAITH-SHARING READ,, A FRIEND HAD THIS AND I SENT FOR ITI AM GRATEFUL FOR AMAZONI HAVE HAD SACRAMRANTS OF MOMENTS, THROUGH EACH PAGE OF PRAYER,,EACH DRAWINGIN THE QUIET OF THE SILENCE LOVE HIM FOR WRITING ALL HE HAS AND SHARING WITH USNANA OXOXOX. "Prayes and Drawings" according to JMack. While many are familiar with the writings of Thomas Merton, "Dialogues with Silence" presents a different side of him. What struck me as the most touching portion of the book was the simplistic sketches that accompany each passage. Although the sketches may not have had a particular purpose when Merton drew them, they add a new perspective to the writings in this book since most of the writings were previously published in various books.This book would make an excellent coffee-table book, and serves as a great conversation piece. I came upon thi
The only Merton gift book available.Dialogues with Silence contains a selection of prayers from throughout Merton's life--from his journals, letters, poetry, books--accompanied by all 100 of Merton's rarely seen, delightful Zen-like pen-and-ink drawings, and will attract new readers as well as Merton devotees. There is no other Merton devotional like this, and the paperback edition will be elegantly designed and packaged.. An intensely personal devotional book from Thomas Merton, the ultimate spiritual writer of our time, showing his contemplative and religious side through his prayers and rarely-seen drawings