October/November 2002 Issue

 

Book Reviews by Kennedy Hassett • Black Mountain, NC

SILENT STRENGTH
by Linda Joy Montgomery
Divine Designs, expanded edition 2001,
Precision Graphics, 60 pgs.
silentstrength.com
$23.95

Silent Strength is a re-release, first published in 1989. It contains poetry that is as full and visually tactile as the brilliant photography in the book. In hard times such as these, Linda Montgomery offers a soft place to land. The author captured the images in this book between 1975 and 1983. At the peak of her career as a photographer, she lost her eyesight. She then discovered a deeper truth within.

There is something subtly different about this book. The "earthiness" of the soul becomes clear through images and poetic interplay; one rises up the Divine and is then delivered into the beauty of Nature. I love to soar higher and higher buoyed by air, and light, and angels. Now I can see that I must expand my awareness to include the ground I walk on… If you want a way to soften into the miracle of the heart and Nature, Linda Joy Montgomery has cleared the way. May we all be blessed with Silent Strength.


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