{"id":3127276,"date":"2016-02-01T00:20:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T05:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/book\/formas-retorcidas-de-luz\/"},"modified":"2016-02-01T00:20:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T05:20:57","slug":"formas-retorcidas-de-luz","status":"publish","type":"fpb_book","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/book\/formas-retorcidas-de-luz\/","title":{"rendered":"Formas retorcidas de luz"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Twisted-Shapes-Poiema-Poetry-Series\/dp\/1498208401\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3020383\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3020383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/51MMjpMNYhL._SX331_BO1204203200_-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"51MMjpMNYhL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/51MMjpMNYhL._SX331_BO1204203200_-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/51MMjpMNYhL._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Por William Jolliff. Cascade Books, 2015. 81 p\u00e1ginas. 13 $\/tapa blanda; 9,99 $\/libro electr\u00f3nico.   <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Twisted-Shapes-Poiema-Poetry-Series\/dp\/1498208401\" class=\"woo-sc-button  custom\" style=\"background:;border-color:\"><span class=\"woo-\">Comprar en la tienda FJ de Amazon<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los poemas de <\/span><i><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Formas retorcidas de luz<\/span><br \/>\n<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  de William Jolliff son sensibles, genuinos y fieles a las experiencias de nuestras vidas. Transmiten una suave empat\u00eda con lo ordinario y, a menudo, pasado por alto, y lo hacen con un lenguaje que no se complica con las filigranas de lo pol\u00edticamente correcto ni se ensucia con la ceguera del privilegio. Me encontr\u00e9 cada vez m\u00e1s atra\u00eddo y enriquecido por las vidas de las personas que pueblan las p\u00e1ginas de este libro y la lente a trav\u00e9s de la cual el poeta las entiende.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jolliff utiliza la materia de su vida (agricultor, profesor, padre, fil\u00f3sofo, cuestionador, observador y m\u00e1s) de manera que nos permite saber que todos somos compa\u00f1eros de viaje en esta traves\u00eda. Nos invita a unirnos a \u00e9l en su viaje de fe (\u00abSe\u00f1or, esa par\u00e1bola plantea ciertas dudas\u00bb) y mientras chapotea por la tierra empapada de la granja de su padre o viaja durante 12 horas en el tractor de su padre; nos lleva a la cena de la iglesia para compartir con \u00e9l \u00abel pastel de coco de Miss Liza Langrall\u00bb (\u00abEn mi memoria \/ todo es m\u00fasica\u00bb); y nos lleva a su aula para maravillarnos con compasi\u00f3n ante las vidas tiernas y ansiosas de sus alumnos. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Admiro especialmente c\u00f3mo aprovecha la ocasi\u00f3n de la pregunta de un ni\u00f1o de cinco a\u00f1os sobre la Biblia para compartir con nosotros lo que no comparti\u00f3 con ella: las confusiones y los descubrimientos que le llevan<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a una profunda sensaci\u00f3n de mi propia perfecci\u00f3n completa,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mantenida en tensi\u00f3n con mi desprecio y terror<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">de mi profunda perversidad.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sus poemas nos recuerdan lo duramente que podemos juzgarnos a nosotros mismos y nos invitan a celebrar con \u00e9l no solo nuestras propias vidas, sino tambi\u00e9n las vidas de los dem\u00e1s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los profesores de escritura se apresuran a decir a sus alumnos \u00abescribe sobre lo que sabes\u00bb. El libro de Jolliff  <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Formas retorcidas de luz<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  ilustra a alguien que hace eso con una franqueza, un coraje y una habilidad inusuales. Cada poema nos deja con una sensaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s profunda de comprensi\u00f3n y compasi\u00f3n por nuestro propio viaje y por las tensiones y complejidades de la experiencia humana: las luchas y las alegr\u00edas, y la necesidad de aceptar el hecho de que cada uno de nosotros tiene mucho menos control sobre nuestras vidas de lo que nos gustar\u00eda creer, como en \u00abSpring Plowing\u00bb en el que el orador se encuentra <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">esperando, esperando, Dios m\u00edo, a que haga mejor tiempo.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Y esa, amable lector, es la raz\u00f3n por la que dej\u00e9<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">la granja.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Si bien recomiendo casi todos los poemas de esta colecci\u00f3n, hay versos sueltos que valen el precio de todo el libro: por ejemplo, \u00ab\u00bfDe qu\u00e9 sirve la memoria, si no es indulgente?\u00bb, escribe Jolliff cerca del final de \u00abThe Sheep Farmer\u00bb. Otros versos me parecen que encapsulan la esencia de la experiencia, como el \u00faltimo verso de \u00abSermon for a Monday\u00bb: \u00abEste mundo es un lugar triste y hostil. Tambi\u00e9n es el Para\u00edso\u00bb. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estos son poemas que te desarman con su humildad; la vieja noci\u00f3n del poeta como profeta se transforma en \u00abel poeta como cuestionador, admirador, esc\u00e9ptico, especulador\u00bb. \u00ab\u00bfQu\u00e9 pasar\u00eda si&#8230;?\u00bb, parecen preguntar a menudo los poemas, pero no son simplemente \u00abqu\u00e9 pasar\u00eda si\u00bb: son \u00abqu\u00e9 pasar\u00eda si\u00bb sabios.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El sentido del humor ir\u00f3nico y autocr\u00edtico de Jolliff abraza nuestra locura humana (incluida la suya) con el tipo de inter\u00e9s genuino que se encuentra en la ra\u00edz de la bondad humana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casi todos estos poemas dan de lleno en la cabeza experiencial de lo que espero encontrar en un poema: iluminaci\u00f3n, momentos aha, perspicacia, compa\u00f1\u00eda en el viaje, nuevos ojos y o\u00eddos con los que ver y o\u00edr. Estoy seguro de que la mayor\u00eda de los que valoran la poes\u00eda \u2014y muchos que pensaban que no\u2014 estar\u00e1n agradecidos por este libro. \u00a1Es simplemente magn\u00edfico!  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3077103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[10360,10323],"fpb_issue_category":[10623],"class_list":["post-3127276","fpb_book","type-fpb_book","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-libros-de-febrero-de-2016","category-resenas-de-libros-cuaqueros","fpb_issue_category-febrero-de-2016"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Formas retorcidas de luz - Friends Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/book\/formas-retorcidas-de-luz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Formas retorcidas de luz - Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Por William Jolliff. 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