As kingfishers catch fire - David Bell, Rebecca Livingston, John McWade

As kingfishers catch fire - David Bell, Rebecca Livingston, John McWade kiwiconnexion This video features printmaking, etching, intaglio and relief, and artist books. Terry Wall reflects on Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem: Though Hopkins wrote this sonnet in Wales in 1877, it was not published until 1918. The poem provides us with a comprehensive articulation of the poet’s spirituality. Dynamic language is preferred to static: neither the self nor justice is abstract. Verbs replace nouns as words are stretched: selves speak and act, justice is enacted. At the outset images show that ‘each mortal thing’ expresses itself authentically. As the poet Thomas Merton wrote, ‘A tree gives glory to God by being a tree’. The second stanza turns toward human life, more complex, capable of self-deception. When divine life is welcomed, each person becomes gracious in body, mind and spirit and rejoices in giving glory to God. This sacramental vision demonstrates that the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, is present in every created thing drawing its inner life to express its true self. Watch the next video in the poetry series This channel promotes kiwiconnexion and AIM publishing, and outreach from Trinity-at-Waiake Methodist Church. Here we hope you will find wisdom choices for better daily living. Spirituality, Christian thought and church history, as well as a special emphasis on John Wesley and Methodism are our touchstones.