Amounting to Nothing
Paul Quenon
After 60 years at Gethsemani Abbey, Br. Paul follows up his recent memoir, In Praise of the Useless Life, with a poetic collection that shows how to do just that – by writing poetry. Amounting to Nothing is both practical and metaphysical, a puzzling over the ultimate things of life, and a descending on the Benedictine ladder of humility to the earthly creatures surrounding a Kentucky monastery. This is less an exploration in self-knowledge than a forgetting of self in the wonders of everything. Quenon treads bare footed on the margins of mortality and immortality, with wit, thought, and hope.
Duration - 1h 29m.
Author - Paul Quenon.
Narrator - Paul Quenon.
Published Date - Wednesday, 10 January 2024.
Location:
United States
Description:
After 60 years at Gethsemani Abbey, Br. Paul follows up his recent memoir, In Praise of the Useless Life, with a poetic collection that shows how to do just that – by writing poetry. Amounting to Nothing is both practical and metaphysical, a puzzling over the ultimate things of life, and a descending on the Benedictine ladder of humility to the earthly creatures surrounding a Kentucky monastery. This is less an exploration in self-knowledge than a forgetting of self in the wonders of everything. Quenon treads bare footed on the margins of mortality and immortality, with wit, thought, and hope. Duration - 1h 29m. Author - Paul Quenon. Narrator - Paul Quenon. Published Date - Wednesday, 10 January 2024.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Epigraph
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I Getting Nowhere
Duration:00:00:05
Mad Monk's Life Ambition
Duration:00:01:26
Thin Host
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Undefined
Duration:00:00:33
God
Duration:00:00:42
Watchman
Duration:00:01:10
Alone with the Alone
Duration:00:01:02
What is an Anti-Poem?
Duration:00:02:33
The Grammar of Be/cause
Duration:00:01:28
That Barbarian in the Mirror
Duration:00:01:54
Emily, your spare lines
Duration:00:00:28
Merton's Anniversary
Duration:00:02:02
Critical Change for Whom?
Duration:00:01:59
Ground of Searching
Duration:00:00:39
Last Conversation with Matthew
Duration:00:01:30
For Fr. Matthew Kelty
Duration:00:00:51
Teensy, Weensy Fishies
Duration:00:01:42
Hidden Life
Duration:00:00:50
For Br. Martin de Porres
Duration:00:01:08
II Busy at Non-Doing
Duration:00:00:08
A Song
Duration:00:01:58
Ode to Prime Matter
Duration:00:02:57
Until the Next Committee
Duration:00:00:37
Kitchen Utensils
Duration:00:02:37
The Fine Art of Frying an Egg
Duration:00:01:10
Hungry Ghosts
Duration:00:01:49
It's There
Duration:00:00:27
tree trunk shadows
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Cedar Sails
Duration:00:00:37
Nine-Tailed Tiger
Duration:00:01:11
Meanwhiles
Duration:00:01:10
III A Community of Creatures
Duration:00:00:09
Gang Crows
Duration:00:00:37
Noble Bugs
Duration:00:00:52
A Little Night Music
Duration:00:00:58
Scent of Winter
Duration:00:01:29
Sole Calet in Hieme
Duration:00:01:29
Solstice Eclipse
Duration:00:00:56
Winter Night Symposium
Duration:00:01:43
Juncos Came Back
Duration:00:00:51
Frost Edges
Duration:00:00:31
Polar Bear
Duration:00:00:25
Winter Conversation of Trees
Duration:00:01:12
Rain Mass
Duration:00:00:34
Rothko Sky
Duration:00:00:34
Parental Winds
Duration:00:00:49
Groaning Snow
Duration:00:00:25
Traveling Companion
Duration:00:01:26
Mild January Eve
Duration:00:00:57
Wealthy Abandon
Duration:00:00:38
Fantasy House Plants
Duration:00:01:11
Little Mt. Rushmore, KY
Duration:00:01:15
Pastel Blossoms
Duration:00:00:53
Attention Getter
Duration:00:00:33
Careful Instruction
Duration:00:00:52
Jail Girls
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Cresting Green
Duration:00:01:17
Rowdy Party
Duration:00:00:42
Great Art
Duration:00:01:08
Spider
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Ever'bubby's Mum
Duration:00:00:47
The Heavens Expound
Duration:00:00:58
Fireflies
Duration:00:01:06
Hay Roll Calving
Duration:00:01:26
Ripe Madonna
Duration:00:00:40
Sound Unsounded
Duration:00:01:14
Thunder Disputes
Duration:00:00:44
Wishing Trees
Duration:00:00:33
Autumn Evening
Duration:00:01:39
IV Ritual Instinct
Duration:00:00:07
Hollow Bell
Duration:00:00:40
November Sesshin
Duration:00:00:39
Fourth Sunday in Advent
Duration:00:01:16
A Musical Riddle
Duration:00:01:47
Reading the Clouds
Duration:00:00:38
Patron Saint of Music
Duration:00:01:32
In the morning I come before you
Duration:00:01:07
Bells Embossed with Names
Duration:00:01:01
Portrait of Rilke
Duration:00:00:58
Noel Drizzle
Duration:00:00:42
Epiphany Gifts
Duration:00:00:37
Walking Meditation
Duration:00:00:56
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:09