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Poems containing the memories, reflections, and whimsy of a monk long practiced in the stark details of the monastic life open up the interior world of the monks and give insight into its importance. The religious habit, the hood, and the scapular are viewed from within by one who moves about in a habit and makes sense of it in some individual and unpredictable ways.

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Photographs complement and expand the poems, an elegant symbiosis of word and image, spirit and flesh. From these we can learn a more harmonious way of perceiving and living with ourselves, with others, and with the world--if we only take the time. Let those who have ears, listen; let those who have eyes, look. --Fenton Johnson, author, Keeping Faith: A Skeptic's Journey Among Christian and Buddhist Monks

"""Paul Quenon writes with a precise vision that engages the reader, and opens up the interior world in such a way that it can't help but blossom in the mind and heart of any reader. He is a remarkable talent!"" --Marty Gervais, editor, ""Black Moss Press"" ""Photographs complement and expand the poems, an elegant symbiosis of word and image, spirit and flesh. From these we can learn a more harmonious way of perceiving and living with ourselves, with others, and with the world--if we only take the time. Let those who have ears, listen; let those who have eyes, look."" --Fenton Johnson, author, ""Keeping Faith: A Skeptic's Journey Among Christian and Buddhist Monks"""

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Paul Quenon, a monk since he was 17, became a novice under Thomas Merton when he entered the Abbey of Gethsemani. He is the author of Monkscript and Laughter: My Purgatory. He lives in Trappist, Kentucky.

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