ISBN: 9781933880211

In his poem, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell," William Blake hypothesized that "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite." Of course, Bl… More...

In his poem, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell," William Blake hypothesized that "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite." Of course, Blake's "doors of perception" are both hard to clean and even harder to keep clean. For John Ruskin, the famous 19th century art and social critic, seeing demanded a scientist's respect for fact, but also a love. In his poem, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell," William Blake hypothesized that "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite." Of course, Blake's "doors of perception" are both hard to clean and even harder to keep clean. For John Ruskin, the famous 19th century art and social critic, seeing demanded a scientist's respect for fact, but also a love for what was being seen. These poems ask us to attend, with devotion and care, to a world which will always remain a mystery, but a mystery in which love calls us to the things of this world where we may become most fully human. Books, Poetry and Drama~~Poetry~~Poetry By Individual Poets, Walking With Ruskin~~Book~~9781933880211~~Robert Cording, , , , , , , , , ,<

ISBN: 9781933880211

In his poem, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell," William Blake hypothesized that "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.… More...

In his poem, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell," William Blake hypothesized that "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite." Of course, Blake's "doors of perception" are both hard to clean and even harder to keep clean. For John Ruskin, the famous 19th century art and social critic, seeing demanded a scientist's respect for fact, but also a love for what was being seen. These poems ask us to attend, with devotion and care, to a world which will always remain a mystery, but a mystery in which love calls us to the things of this world where we may become most fully human. Walking with Ruskin Cording, Robert Walking with Ruskin looks at the difficulty of perception, of just how hard it is to simply "see" without asserting our own self-importance, self-needs, and self-justifications<

ISBN: 9781933880211

In his poem, “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell,” William Blake hypothesized that If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.&rdq… More...

In his poem, “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell,” William Blake hypothesized that If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” Of course, Blake’s “doors of perception” are both hard to clean and even harder to keep clean. For John Ruskin, the famous 19th century art and social critic, seeing demanded a scientist’s respect for fact, but also a love for what was being seen. These poems ask us to attend, with devotion and care, to a world which will always remain a mystery, but a mystery in which love calls us to the things of this world where we may become most fully human. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Poetry>Poetry>Poetry, CavanKerry Press Core >1<

ISBN: 9781933880211

Walking with Ruskin looks at the difficulty of perception, of just how hard it is to simply “see” without asserting our own self-importance, self-needs, and self-justification… More...

Walking with Ruskin looks at the difficulty of perception, of just how hard it is to simply “see” without asserting our own self-importance, self-needs, and self-justifications Books Books ~~ Poetry~~ General Walking-with-Ruskin~~Robert-Cording Cavankerry Press Walking with Ruskin looks at the difficulty of perception, of just how hard it is to simply "see" without asserting our own self-importance, self-needs, and self-justifications<