{"product_id":"footdreams-and-treetales-9780823228201","title":"Footdreams and Treetales","description":"\u003cp\u003eFootdreams and Treetales is a collection of ninety-two poems spanning several decades. Like paintings that attempt to render visible the invisible, the poems reflect Wolfson’s interests in philosophy, the history of religions, and, in particular, the mystical dimensions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Taoism, and Buddhism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough explicit references to the divine are rarely found in the poems, they issue from an encounter with the mystery of transcendence, performatively embodying the dialectic of concealment and disclosure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeeking to articulate the unsaying that makes possible all saying, a response always on the way, a word as yet unspoken, these poems can be imagined in liturgical terms. They do not utter words of conventional prayer but are a contemplative gaze at what eludes contemplation—a present that comes to be in the future awaiting its past. For Wolfson, the poem is an opening to time, which is, at once, an embrace of life and a preparation for death. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003efriday’s hymn\u003cbr\u003epour oil on my head,\u003cbr\u003ebefore the burning ends,\u003cbr\u003elet us rise to count the minutes,\u003cbr\u003eto dot the hours,\u003cbr\u003elet us rise to wake the children\u003cbr\u003ewho must bury the dead.\u003cbr\u003enight approaches day,\u003cbr\u003eneither black nor white,\u003cbr\u003eher sun is my moon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elliot R. Wolfson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48282449051899,"sku":"9780823228201","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_c90b4e9f-3879-49c8-932e-afc185f71fae.jpg?v=1778354448","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/footdreams-and-treetales-9780823228201","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}