for much of the world's beauty we have only one chance to look by Darren Wright

to become a contemplative one must develop the spiritual eye of attention and what in modern life symbolises more fully and exactly what the life of a contemplative life entails than the camera

solitude and silence are the sine qua non of being a contemplative. in fact a photographer is a contemplative in his own right: he too must become a master of attention

if we had to reduce merton’s ‘a vow of conversation’ to one theme it would be ‘learning to see’

for much of the world’s beauty we have only one chance to look

- thomas merton: a master of attention by r waldron