honoring thomas merton

yesterday was the anniversary of thomas merton's death(January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968)
rob is really the merton scholar in the family. he's read a lot more of his writing...i on the other hand have had the honor of walking the fields where merton walked down in trappist, kentucky. the abbey of gethsemani, merton's monastery,  is my annual pilgrimage site each winter. and merton taught me to look at photography in a whole new way as a spiritual practice of seeing.

i happened to catch the end of the diane rehm show on NPR yesterday and the guest was the film maker
morgan atkinson discussing his upcoming documentary on thomas merton showing this sunday
 night,dec. 14th,   on PBS. it is called soul searching. check your local PBS station for show times. it sounds like it will be an interesting look at merton and his life...how he combined contemplation with justice and social action even while being silent in a cloister.

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[gavin]

i've been looking for the soul searching doc for the ole dvr. the public television is tricky, they don't always like to put in their special programming. but i think i've made a good guess for now.