Visit the Abbey of the Arts online retreat platform to access your programs:

Login Here
Back to all

Photo Essay: Point Defiance, Tacoma

 

 

 

 

“Come to the edge, He said. They said: we are afraid.
Come to the edge, He said.
They came. He pushed them, and they flew…”

-Guillaume Apollinaire.

(quote courtesy of lucy)

-Christine Valters Paintner @ Abbey of the Arts

You might also enjoy

Kinship with Creation ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess

For Kinship with Creation*God of lavish fecundity,you overflow into nature in every moment,offering your gifts of beauty and nourishment.Nurture me with sacred rhythms of light and dark,rising and falling, fullness and emptiness,as the pulse of your loving presence animates every living thing.Help me to remember

Read More »
February 8, 2026

Monk in the World Guest Post: Jo-ed Tome

I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Wisdom Council member Jo-ed Tome’s reflection Slower. Softer. Simpler. I did not exactly set out to become a monk. If someone had

Read More »
February 4, 2026

8 Responses

  5. lucy, I LOVE this quote, how perfect for the images too– you see I have now added it to the post. :-) I also love the Mechtild quote you shared the other day in another place. Thank you!

  6. beautiful! here’s one of my favorite quotes:

    “Come to the edge, He said. They said: we are afraid. Come to the edge, He said. They came. He pushed them, and they flew…” Guillaume Apollinaire.

  7. Yes, most definitely :-) — for me at least, I seem to be called to live much of life at the edges and mostly it is a wondrous, but often challenging, place.