The thinking of art seems final when The thinking of god is smoky dew. - Wallace Stevens

The monastic man is an artist.The philosopher Appoints man’s place in music, say, today. But the priest desires. The philosopher desires. And not to have is the beginning of desire. To have what is not is its ancient cycle.

We say God and the imagination are one . . .
How high that highest candle lights the dark.

A candle is enough to light the world. It makes it clear. Even at noon It glistens in essential dark. At night, it lights the fruit and wine, The book and bread, things as they are...