{"product_id":"diminutive-voices-volume-2-aphorisms-epigrams-and-adages-paperback","title":"Diminutive Voices, Volume 2: Aphorisms, Epigrams, and Adages - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKen Bazyn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAphorism, epigram, adage--the essence of each form is a saying short and pithy. Brief, condensed, and easy to recite, these represent a culture's wise advice. What an aesthetics of the miniature! As French philosopher Gaston Bachelard observes, \"The miniscule, a narrow gate, opens up an entire world.\" Some such sayings are pure description, yet they hint at something more; others appear to be an elder's admonition to a child; some resound with probing observations of human nature and God; others are light, whimsical wordplays. The Renaissance humanist Erasmus, who collected over four thousand adages, believed a proverb to be like a hurled javelin, striking the hearer's mind with a short point, implanting barbs for meditation. Nietzsche proposed that \"the relief-like, incomplete representation of a thought, or a whole philosophy is sometimes more effective than its exhaustive amplification.\" So Bazyn's gnomic verse functions almost like Zen koans to push readers into new ways of perceiving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese four volumes, like a patchwork quilt, are interwoven with 196 color photographs (abstract to concrete), shot from myriad angles in assorted styles. When pondered seriously, they help unravel manifold meanings within each saying. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKen Bazyn is retired editorial director of Religious Book Club. He has written \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Perennial Sins and Their Offspring\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSoul-Wrestling: Meditations in Monochrome\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published articles in forty periodicals, from \u003ci\u003eCommonweal \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eDialog\u003c\/i\u003e, and his photographs have appeared in forty-five magazines. His previous books of poetry are \u003ci\u003eGospel Midrashim\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJesting Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtistic Alchemy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHumanity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNuptial Favors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCreation Groans On\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetic \"I\u003c\/i\u003e,\" \u003ci\u003eApocalyptic Fervor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBlessings of the Tanakh\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 110\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54090465870131,"sku":"9798385241279","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/JIQ8j48tUU9798385241279.webp?v=1789606194","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/diminutive-voices-volume-2-aphorisms-epigrams-and-adages-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}