Passing pleasure. (meditation).PLEASURE, LIKE JOY, COMES UNBIDDEN un·bid·den also un·bid adj. Not invited, asked, or requested; unasked: unbidden guests; comments unbid and unwelcome. (though rarely unsought), but it is of its nature infinitely less than joy. Bonnard's wonderful The Table is a depiction of pure pleasure. He has dwelt lovingly on every element, especially the radiance of light, and rejoiced in it. But it is too earthbound earth·bound also earth-bound adj. 1. Fastened in or to the soil: earthbound roots. 2. a. to be a picture of joy. It is a snatched moment of sensuous celebration of food, wine, sunlight, beloved woman. But it is transient, and this sense of the passing adds to the pleasure. Joy, however, lasts, if only in its effects. By SISTER WENDY BECKETT of Norfolk, England, well-known for her BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. and PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, television art series and her popular art books. Reprinted with permission from: Sister Wendy's Book of Meditations (DK Publishing, 1998; 888-342-5357). Painting: The Table, by Pierre Bonnard (1925, Tate Gallery, London). |
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