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...thematically apt, sorting through how creative connections and friendships build great works of art more than isolation.

They ought to add a "books written" in 2024 challenge.

...most deft point made by Hanh is one which shows the Buddhist practice's complementarity to Christianity -- (and it is one that John of the Cross makes in his famous image of the bird tied down with many strings): God is available 24/7 - but am I? Letting go of the things that are less-than God (or cutting the strings) is a mission that leads to freedom, and attachment to that which does not limit

...this is an adventure.

A quote! "Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial. Melancholy should be an innocent interlude, a tender and fugitive frame of mind; praise should be the permanent pulsation of the soul. Pessimism is at best an emotional half-holiday; joy is the uproarious labour by which all things live." - GK Chesterton

Oy, this is fun.

Oy. I haz read ALL the books!

This is bloody brilliant.

I do not read romance. But this seems to be adventure more than romance, and it's written by an old classmate, so huzzah!

All kinds excellent.