Astonishment – Sept. 25, 2019
“Skill and art are not the same thing, and the only real measure of art is astonishment.” –Brother Thomas, This is the Day
Wonder & Awe – Sept. 24, 2019
“Our intellect mediates wonder, every scientist knows this; our intuition mediates awe, every artist knows this.” –Brother Thomas, This is the Day
This is the Day – Sept. 23, 2019
As the weather begins to change and leaves spill from the trees, I’ve selected short phrases from This is the Day: Work and Words of Brother Thomas (Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids MI, 2005). Brother Thomas Bezanson was a Benedictine monk and skilled potter at Weston Priory in Vermont from 1959-1984. After that, he worked […]
God’s Love Letters – Sept. 20, 2019
“All animals who lift their voices at dawn sing to God. The volcanoes and the clouds and the trees cry to us about God. The whole creation cries to us penetratingly with a great joy about the existence and the beauty and the love of God. The music roars it into our ears, the landscape […]