The Luster of Everyday Things

Pictures & Poetry Celebrating Life’S Small Treasures & Simple Pleasures

Fiction & Literature, Poetry
Cover of the book The Luster of Everyday Things by Dr. Matthew Allen, Trafford Publishing
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Author: Dr. Matthew Allen ISBN: 9781466999787
Publisher: Trafford Publishing Publication: February 5, 2014
Imprint: Trafford Publishing Language: English
Author: Dr. Matthew Allen
ISBN: 9781466999787
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Publication: February 5, 2014
Imprint: Trafford Publishing
Language: English

Do you really value the objects around you or are they just things to you? The premise of this book is that part of the pleasure of lifecontentment that we can cultivate no matter how much or how little we havecomes from the conscious appreciation of the beauty and the significance of everyday things. Through photographs and poems, the author takes you on a voyage of discovery through the world around you. You are shown, sometimes playfully and sometimes profoundly, that even the simplest of thingsa shirt and tie, a kitchen colander, a closed door, or a blue butterflycan have a shining beauty, secret story, and surprising meaning. Along the way, you are gently reminded that such objects deserve to be warmed with much handling and gazed upon with pleasure and gratitude as the tiny treasures they are.

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Do you really value the objects around you or are they just things to you? The premise of this book is that part of the pleasure of lifecontentment that we can cultivate no matter how much or how little we havecomes from the conscious appreciation of the beauty and the significance of everyday things. Through photographs and poems, the author takes you on a voyage of discovery through the world around you. You are shown, sometimes playfully and sometimes profoundly, that even the simplest of thingsa shirt and tie, a kitchen colander, a closed door, or a blue butterflycan have a shining beauty, secret story, and surprising meaning. Along the way, you are gently reminded that such objects deserve to be warmed with much handling and gazed upon with pleasure and gratitude as the tiny treasures they are.

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