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“The book makes a case for the ‘knowledge of the heart.’ It’s atypical for scholars to speak of love as an approach to their field of study, but the author rejects such constraints to better pursue a fresh, affecting perspective: ‘May we all find, and find again, our secret eyes’. . . . A refreshing, well-considered take on art.” —Kirkus Reviews Blurbs for Lipsey’s previous books on art: “An invaluable reminder of the purposes and possibilities of modern art. Exemplary.” —Kirkus “It is not easy to write about the deeply wordless world from which these haunting images emerged, but at last the challenge to think out loud about this neglected side of Merton has been taken up by Roger Lipsey.” —Jim Forest, author, Living with Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton “This astonishing book looks at an aspect of Merton’s life that has been almost ignored. Here we have access to that wordless, imageless experience that was nearer to him than life itself. It is a book to be read slowly, quietly, and repeatedly: a wonderful book.” —Sister Wendy Beckett, PBS host

Blurbs for Lipsey’s previous books on art: “An invaluable reminder of the purposes and possibilities of modern art. Exemplary.” —Kirkus “It is not easy to write about the deeply wordless world from which these haunting images emerged, but at last the challenge to think out loud about this neglected side of Merton has been taken up by Roger Lipsey.” —Jim Forest, author, Living with Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton “This astonishing book looks at an aspect of Merton’s life that has been almost ignored. Here we have access to that wordless, imageless experience that was nearer to him than life itself. It is a book to be read slowly, quietly, and repeatedly: a wonderful book.” —Sister Wendy Beckett, PBS host

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Roger Lipsey earned his PhD in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts (New York University) in 1974. Art historian, biographer, and translator, he is the author and editor of a trilogy by and about the remarkable twentieth-century art historian and historian of religion Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Other major publications include An Art of Our Own: The Spiritual in Twentieth-Century Art; Angelic Mistakes: The Art of Thomas Merton; and Hammarskjöld: A Life, acclaimed as the definitive biography of the great statesman. Roger lives in the lower Hudson Valley of New York State. His author website is rogerlipsey.net.

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