Living wisely. (New And Noteworthy).On the 25th anniversary of Wendell Berry's groundbreaking The Unsettling un·set·tle v. un·set·tled, un·set·tling, un·set·tles v.tr. 1. To displace from a settled condition; disrupt. 2. To make uneasy; disturb. v.intr. of America, scholar Norman Wirzba has gathered 21 of Berry's wisest essays for an agrarian collection that's at once revolutionary and sane. The Art of the Commonplace presents Berry's vision for how our fragmented culture might re-establish connection to God, to each other, and to the whole community of creation. Berry's essays create a joyful joy·ful adj. Feeling, causing, or indicating joy. See Synonyms at glad1. joy  ful·ly adv. resting place and reawaken Verb 1. reawaken - awaken once againawaken, wake up, waken, rouse, wake, arouse - cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." hunger for all that's wholesome and whole. Counterpoint counterpoint, in music, the art of combining melodies each of which is independent though forming part of a homogeneous texture. The term derives from the Latin for "point against point," meaning note against note in referring to the notation of plainsong. . |
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