Duende: Odes of Intimacy and Desire for the Shadow Punctuated with Images of Illusion and Reflection

by N. Thomas Johnson-Medland, Bob Cook (Photographer)

Overview

"Duende is that place in us where the two halves of our life are conjoined. It is the place where we go down into the self and gather up that opposing force to our immediate nature. It involves the undoing of the 'pretending-everything-is-okay-mechanism' in us and it is an overall waking up to the forces of conflict in life and actually mustering a strength to make abiding choices. Many throughout time have likened this awaking process to dreams and forgetfulness and because of that it seeks to reveal itself in shadows and reflections." These are poems and images that evoke and provoke a sense of DUENDE.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781630875817
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	11/19/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	22 MB
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About the Author

N. Thomas Johnson-Medland is the CEO of Lighthouse Hospice, Inc., of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He is the author of Bridges, Paths, and Waters; Dirt, Sky, and Mountains, Cairn-Space, Entering the Stream, Along the Road, From the Belly of the Whale, Dance Macabre, Windows and Doors, and Turning Within.

Bob Cook is a photographer living in Mount Pocono, PA (www.cookfamilyphotography.net).
N. Thomas Johnson-Medland is an end-of-life specialist and doula. He is the author of Wayfaring Stranger; River Bending; Coming Back Home; In the Same Place; Bathed in Abrasion; Bridges, Paths, and Waters: Dirt, Sky, and Mountains; Cairn-Space; Entering the Stream; Along the Road; From the Belly of the Whale; Danse Macabre; Feed My Sheep: Lead My Sheep; Windows and Doors; For the Beauty of the Earth; Duende; and Turning Within. He lives a stone's throw from the Susquehanna River in Columbia, Pennsylvania-just outside Lancaster-with his wife, Glinda. Tom and Glinda have two adult sons, Zachary Aidan and Josiah Gabriel.

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"Good poetry is like that rare experience of good theology. Neither really answer your questions, but only open up better ones. Neither fully satisfy your intellect except to let you know that thinking is good. Both should stir the heart and the soul so that you know you indeed have a heart and that your soul was made to mirror the world. Enjoy and suffer such poetry here!"
—Richard Rohr, Center for Action and Contemplation

Editorial Reviews

"Good poetry is like that rare experience of good theology. Neither really answer your questions, but only open up better ones. Neither fully satisfy your intellect except to let you know that thinking is good. Both should stir the heart and the soul so that you know you indeed have a heart and that your soul was made to mirror the world. Enjoy and suffer such poetry here!"
—Richard Rohr, Center for Action and Contemplation

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