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A Candle in the Dark: Notes on Silent Prayer

Unfinished notes on stillness, attention, and beginning again.

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Georges de La Tour’s Magdalene: a seated woman rests her hand on a skull in her lap, gazing at a single candle flame in a dark room.

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Stillness

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Beginning again

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Image: Georges de La Tour, The Magdalene with the Night Light, c. 1640–1645. Public domain.

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