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The Play of Light

Observations and Epiphanies in the Everyday World
  • ISBN-13: 9781561012404
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: COWLEY PUBLICATIONS
  • By Louis Masson
  • Price: AUD $30.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 23/06/2006
  • Format: Paperback (214.00mm X 150.00mm) 144 pages Weight: 227g
  • Categories: Religion & beliefs [HR]
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As a poet and essayist, I have been fascinated by the everyday world that I live in. I find it a world often touched by the spiritual if we are observant and if we take care to remember what we have observed and experienced. This book is my effort to save what I can from one man's observations and epiphanies. It is also an invitation to readers to look at the ordinary as an opportunity for discovery and celebration.
Lou Masson has spent a lifetime teaching writing and literature at the University of Portland in Oregon's Willamette Valley. In addition to innumerable stories and poems, he has authored a collection of essays, Reflections: Essays on Place and Family. Masson serves as contributing editor to Portland Magazine.
Our world is filled with wonders and that is why we need tutors to show us how to make the most of the little epiphanies and sacramental showings that we oftentimes miss in the shove and tug of everyday life. -- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality and Practice In lucid and lyrical prose, Lou Masson takes the seemingly insignificant details of daily life, the seemingly insignificant objects and experiences of memory, the brief words and gestures that linger, links them, transforms them, honors and reveals them to be the vital essence of existence. In The Play of Light, Masson demonstrates a manner, a way of observing that lifts the ordinary into the rare. This collection of essays itself is no ordinary gift but a rare one. -- Pattiann Rogers, author of Firekeeper: Selected Poems I actually reread this book, searching for what made it so powerful. It might be the connections I find between his questions and life and my life. But that does not explain why the prologue moved me to tears, when the entire chapter is explicitly a situation entirely alien to me. Masson has provided the world with a wonderful book. Frankly, I would recommend it to anyone. Age range is immaterial. The reading level is relatively easy, the writing incredibly descriptive and lyrical, and the sentiment; classless. However, this is a reflective memoir, a book that inspires self reflection and emotion. Expect tears and change. -- Nina Larson Reader Views
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