A Pause for Beauty:
An artist’s journal.
Beauty Is The Creator Of The Universe
In orbiting the sun, the earth departs from a straight line by one-ninth of an inch every eighteen miles – a very straight line in human terms. If the orbit changed by one-tenth of an inch every eighteen miles, our orbit would be vastly larger and we would all freeze to death. One-eighth of an inch? We would all be incinerated.
— From Science Digest
For the world is not painted or adorned, but is from the beginning beautiful; and God has not made some beautiful things, but Beauty is the creator of the universe.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Laws of Nature
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Journaling questions:
What are the strange, life-supporting, life-enhancing serendipities that you’ve experienced? What do they tell you about the nature of faith?
This is a page from A Pause for Beauty — an ongoing artist's journal in the Zen and Taoist tradition of attending to what is already here.
The Tao Te Ching Journal: A Path To Inner Quiet
Zen Mountain Journal blends Taoist hermit poetry, contemplative art, and reflections drawn from a lifetime shaped by wilderness, solitude, and decades doing creative work on the outer boundaries of our culture. These journals are companions for seekers — guides in the reconnection with inner quiet, beauty, and the “soundless music” of a life lived with simplicity and meaning.
• Size: 9.25 × 8.5 inches — convenient size for desk or lap.
• Hardcover — the book can be written in without a table or desk.
• Double wire-o bound to lay flat.
• Printed on Mohawk Superfine, a premium uncoated paper for a beautiful writing surface.
• 160 pages.
