Comments on: What is a Monk? http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/11/04/what-is-a-monk/ Transformative Living through Contemplative & Expressive Arts Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sunrise Sister http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/11/04/what-is-a-monk/comment-page-1/#comment-99926 Sunrise Sister Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:42:43 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/?p=3399#comment-99926 I find that my identity as Christian, Writer, Painter - Christian/Artist - come together more and more. All three (or two) seem to call me for their attention and all three give me extraordinary comfort when I devote my time and attention to their presence in my life. I find that my identity as Christian, Writer, Painter – Christian/Artist – come together more and more. All three (or two) seem to call me for their attention and all three give me extraordinary comfort when I devote my time and attention to their presence in my life.

]]> By: lucy http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/11/04/what-is-a-monk/comment-page-1/#comment-99920 lucy Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:11:24 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/?p=3399#comment-99920 thought-provoking question. creator and image of the creator are the two that popped into my mind... hmmm. i'll have to ponder those. i, too, love the idea of returning to the questions and this process of evolution. i continue to think of myself as "an unfinished woman" and i am quite delighted with that, because if i am finished...then what??? perhaps that is THE/MY identity i return to and continue discovering: "an unfinished woman." Yes. :-) xoxo thought-provoking question. creator and image of the creator are the two that popped into my mind… hmmm. i’ll have to ponder those. i, too, love the idea of returning to the questions and this process of evolution. i continue to think of myself as “an unfinished woman” and i am quite delighted with that, because if i am finished…then what??? perhaps that is THE/MY identity i return to and continue discovering: “an unfinished woman.” Yes. :-) xoxo

]]> By: kigen http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/11/04/what-is-a-monk/comment-page-1/#comment-99913 kigen Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:18:30 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/?p=3399#comment-99913 In the Italian Renaissance the old Warrior was the complement of the young Shepherd in iconography -- illustrated by a beautiful engraving called SHEPHERD AND OLD WARRIOR , by Domenico Campagnola (1517) (Cleveland Museum link below). These archetypes take me back to discussions we've had on angels and gender at the Abbey too! http://www.clemusart.com/Explore/artistwork.asp?creatorid=6512&recNo=0&woRecNo=3 In the Italian Renaissance the old Warrior was the complement of the young Shepherd in iconography — illustrated by a beautiful engraving called SHEPHERD AND OLD WARRIOR , by Domenico Campagnola (1517) (Cleveland Museum link below). These archetypes take me back to discussions we’ve had on angels and gender at the Abbey too!

http://www.clemusart.com/Explore/artistwork.asp?creatorid=6512&recNo=0&woRecNo=3

]]> By: Christine http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/11/04/what-is-a-monk/comment-page-1/#comment-99909 Christine Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:47:52 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/?p=3399#comment-99909 Thanks for the link Rebecca. Intriguing identities you are exploring. I also cultivate the inner warrior as the aspect of the inner masculine who cultivates healthy boundaries. Thanks for the link Rebecca. Intriguing identities you are exploring. I also cultivate the inner warrior as the aspect of the inner masculine who cultivates healthy boundaries.

]]> By: Rebecca Johnson http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/11/04/what-is-a-monk/comment-page-1/#comment-99907 Rebecca Johnson Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:36:16 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/?p=3399#comment-99907 Hi Christine, I love the synchronicities of the blogs that I follow. One of your fellow Benedictines, Macrina Wiederkehr, writes about a very similar idea today at her site, Under the Sycamore Tree (http://macrina-underthesycamoretree.blogspot.com/). One of my identities that is continually evolving is my Christianity with all of the projections, preconceptions and misconceptions that is inherent in that word. I continually ask myself what it means for me me to be a Christian. Another that I am just now starting to explore is the identity of "warrior" as it is spoken of in the Buddhist tradition. It is not an identity that I am comfortable in yet. Kigen, I love your idea of typing in the blog as a spiritual practice. It's made me think that even when I have to type my own address in here and there I feel irritated at the extra effort. I will never look at it the same again. Hi Christine, I love the synchronicities of the blogs that I follow. One of your fellow Benedictines, Macrina Wiederkehr, writes about a very similar idea today at her site, Under the Sycamore Tree (http://macrina-underthesycamoretree.blogspot.com/).

One of my identities that is continually evolving is my Christianity with all of the projections, preconceptions and misconceptions that is inherent in that word. I continually ask myself what it means for me me to be a Christian.

Another that I am just now starting to explore is the identity of “warrior” as it is spoken of in the Buddhist tradition. It is not an identity that I am comfortable in yet.

Kigen, I love your idea of typing in the blog as a spiritual practice. It’s made me think that even when I have to type my own address in here and there I feel irritated at the extra effort. I will never look at it the same again.

]]> By: Christine http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/11/04/what-is-a-monk/comment-page-1/#comment-99905 Christine Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:31:02 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/?p=3399#comment-99905 what a beautiful response kigen - I love the image of feminist as shepherd and the kaleidoscope of identity. Thanks for the very kind words too. :-) what a beautiful response kigen – I love the image of feminist as shepherd and the kaleidoscope of identity. Thanks for the very kind words too. :-)

]]> By: kigen http://abbeyofthearts.com/blog/2009/11/04/what-is-a-monk/comment-page-1/#comment-99899 kigen Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:59:08 +0000 http://abbeyofthearts.com/?p=3399#comment-99899 What is the identity to which you keep returning and discovering new dimensions? FEMINIST very definitely! Right now it means "shepherd," a profound transformation for me, more than any other I had ever imagined. The name of one's blog I think also has a huge influence on the blogger as a kaleidoscopic identity. Some blog names are so transformative I type them in by hand whenever I have time, instead of linking, just to feel that power of the name. ABBEY OF THE ARTS is one of them! What is the identity to which you keep returning and discovering new dimensions?
FEMINIST very definitely! Right now it means “shepherd,” a profound transformation for me, more than any other I had ever imagined. The name of one’s blog I think also has a huge influence on the blogger as a kaleidoscopic identity. Some blog names are so transformative I type them in by hand whenever I have time, instead of linking, just to feel that power of the name. ABBEY OF THE ARTS is one of them!

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