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For example, Katsushika Hokusai's The Great Wave (a foaming tsunami about to collapse upon two crews of men cowering in rowboats) is examined through Sister Wendy's lens of peace. "We cannot control our lives," she writes about the treacherous wave. "As Hokusai shows so memorably, the great wave is in waiting for any boat.... The worst is not that we may be overwhelmed by disaster, but to fail to live by principle." Later, Sister Wendy offers Claude Monet's blazing canvas of overflowing White Clematis as a study of joy: "Joy is too great to be experienced. It is never our own, never within our power. It is rather that we are taken up in its vastness.... Monet's white clematis say something of this, if only in its impression of a vision too vast for the encompassing." --Gail Hudson
Sister Wendy Beckett has gained widespread recognition for her knowledge and insight into paintings and is well known for her BBC and PBS television art series. She is the author of several noted books, including Sister Wendy's Story of Painting (a fascinating guide to 800 years of Western painting), Sister Wendy's Book of Saints and A Child's Book of Prayer in Art, all published by DK Publishing.
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