" Slow reading is a craft, a practice,
a quiet movement,
a meditative approach to the reading life."
~ to feel our landscape marvelously transformed
~ the page is an illuminated place
~ step inside the light that words cast
~ desire for details
~ encyclopedic, bristling, beautiful planet of a novel
~ wild cosmos of words
~ proceed patiently
~ cherish the details
~ awaken us like the spring
~ alive to a books provocation
~ listening with patience is the first step
~ aptness & precision
~ living lives in which the heart expands
~ delectable caress of a chosen adjective
~ our passion is our task
~ tranquil, bright, sweetly harmonious
~ calm & steadfast resolution
~ soul swooned softly
~ carefully absorb the details of the book
~ a deliberate pace
~ serene & joyful effect
~ wholehearted, dizzying passion
~ astonished gratitude
~ the more slowly and patiently one muses
~ wonderful luxuriant passage
~ soft & majestic rhythm
~ weaving a web of words
~ rapturous stillness
~ beautiful fragment of language
~ pellucid, light-tripping, gracefully magical
~ readerly patience
~ deepen your experience with the book open before you
~ attune yourself to the presence
~ patience is needed in your quest
~ a burning flame that illuminates and gives life to everything
~ slow down and notice the details
~ a landscape full of unsettled, unexpected joys
~ the spur it has given your mind
~ appreciative, puzzled, and full of wonder
~ enriched with annotations
~ anticipating refuge in a book
~ captivates the reader
~ playing with possibility
~ a quieter, inward questing sensibility
~ alive to the possibilities of the soul
{Slow Reading in a Hurried Age by David Mikis}
I hope these words offer you a still point in your day,
a gentle pause amidst the fullness of the moment.
letting the lines linger in your mind,
settle softly in your heart.