{"product_id":"are-we-seeing-this-hardcover","title":"Are We Seeing This? - Hardcover","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\u003eMike R. Christie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the last few years, I have been swirling in settings full of dense meaning and possibility. As a pastor, a pandemic food hand-offer, a care coordinator, a husband, a dog owner, a friend, an \u003cem\u003einsert-role-here...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI've seen stuff!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin the seeing is the building of meaning and metaphor and, at best, hopeful possibility. A hat trick that, in my case, leads to writing prose and poetry. Which in this \u003cem\u003especific\u003c\/em\u003e case, has led to a dense, albeit little, book of thought and feeling built around a simple phrase... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAre We Seeing This?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis\u003c\/em\u003e meaning a lot of different things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ants on our arms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMen with \"froggy\" fathers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bombastic greeting of Oliver, the Australian Shepherd. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe way that when my Grandpa died, he suddenly was \u003cem\u003eeverywhere\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe way a hole that I stood in with my other Grandfather as a child is still, through a deep time perspective, holding us. Even if he is gone from his physical from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe way mushrooms in the basement burst past their physicality into an invitation toward whimsy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe way images of Norway can momentarily break a cycle of self-loathing for a formerly homeless client. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe way the land holds the city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe way a branch bounces and the way that bouncing is associated with \u003cem\u003eso\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003emany\u003c\/em\u003e other pieces parceled about, proximal and not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis\u003c\/em\u003e being the flowing moments of mystery seeping themselves toward a confluence with the \u003cem\u003eOne-Love Harmony\u003c\/em\u003e (a Presence of many names) trying to draw all things \u003cem\u003etoward\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAre We Seeing This\u003c\/em\u003e is my best attempt at pointing to the little glimmers of light and story woven within the common and everyday. And the miraculous woven within that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's ultimately a book seeking to point toward connection and confluence. With each other, ourselves, different species, this earth, Divinity, pain, hope, love, loss, etc. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome pieces are playful, some heavy, but all seek to speak to \u003cem\u003ethat.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat\u003c\/em\u003e, in this case, being \u003cem\u003ethis.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre we seeing it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 24, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48290038284537,"sku":"9781732320949","price":26.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dMRzydJ86J9781732320949.webp?v=1776276814","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/are-we-seeing-this-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}