The good life, in still life

I can't tell you how much I needed this affirmation of God's work in the world, an affirmation of life

Fellow Pilgrims,

If you’re anything like me, you could use something life affirming right now. Maybe this post will fit into that space for you. It has done so for me.

I was never a fan of still life as an artistic genre. I just couldn’t see what was so great about a pitcher and some flowers.

Then, I read Mark Doty’s extraordinary little book Still Life W…