The Perfect Pairing of Pictures & Poems

Rumi’s writings are a poetic language about self-transformation and love.

The central theme is the “Self” and the maturing process everyone goes through: our intimal awakening, disappointments and doubt, a time of darkness, of incubation, reawakening by deconstructing the lies of our false assumptions and replacing them with more honest assessments; regaining freedom through rigorous awareness, rebuilding one’s life and relationships, personal achievements and service work, and a reunification with spirituality and a higher power which is ultimately summed up as “love”.

The book begins with the beauty and mystery of Rumi’s inspired words.

I then paired, very consciously and independently, each poem to one of my own nature photographs.  To complete the integration, I laced the words and images together through the creative use of typography and page design.  The resulting effect is to take the reader on a journey through the glorious, and often-times painful, wide-eyed process to find one’s more complete Self.  The catalyst for this book is my own journey of self-transformation out of Depression through a daily, self-directed practice of refocusing my attention to Music, and Art, Poetry and Prayer, as my life-affirming tools.