The fortress.HOWEVER HAZARDOUS THE DEVELOPMENT of love may be, love itself is a certain blessing. To love means to put someone or something before oneself, to rise above the pettiness of the ego, and in that we can never go amiss. Ken Kiff shows a very bleak world indeed. The sky is the darkest black, and even the moon or sun is a clouded ball. In its occluded illumination we can make out a shriveled shriv·el intr. & tr.v. shriv·eled or shriv·elled, shriv·el·ing or shriv·el·ling, shriv·els 1. To become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying: tree, as stark as seaweed seaweed, name commonly used for the multicellular marine algae. Simpler forms, consisting of one cell (e.g., the diatom) or of a few cells, are not generally called seaweeds; these tiny plants help to make up plankton. , and beside it a pale rock. In this arid world, a flower lifts up its leaves in a gesture of rejoicing. Its petals glow with sweet vitality: Whatever else is dead here, this small bloom is joyfully and brightly alive. Love, in fact, cannot be extinguished. No black sky or dying trees can affect its inner radiance. By SISTER WENDY BECKETT Sister Wendy Beckett (born February 25 1930) is a South African-born British art expert, consecrated virgin and contemplative hermit who became an unlikely celebrity during the 1990s, presenting a series of acclaimed art history documentaries for the BBC. 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: Flower and Black Sky, 1987-88, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London. |
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