My favorite day of the year
by Steve Webb ’83
An unexpected gift
by David Kubiak
The birds of heaven
by Peter Matthiessen
In Praise of WWII veterans
by Ronald Rychlak ’80
The "Tristan chord"
by Judd Danby
On the Eve of the Hearing
by Pattiann Rogers
Dizzy and a Teacup
by John Zimmerman H’67
Someone you'd like to meet
by Buck Miller
Between worlds
by David Brown ’02
A spirit of reconciliation
by Marcus White ’91
Wildflower
by Earl Shorris
A strong and quiet courage
by Greg Britton ’84
The pleasure of reading
by Carol Tyx
A pursuit of beauty
by Paul McKinney ’52
The most beautiful equation
by Keith Devlin
Creencias:
the beliefs of our elders
by Carlota Duarte
Striking from any angle
by Eric Rowland ’83
Collaboration
by Doug Calisch
A confluence of faith, art, and cultures
by James Govan ’58
The Sacred Thread
by Raymond Williams
Dia de los muertos
by Michael Zadoorian
A Tale of Two Mountains
Bruce Polizotto
A crossing
by Pattiann Rogers
A tribute to Tovi
by James Barnes H’91
Egret at Sunrise
by David Krohne
Crockett
by Floyd Collins
That Which has Happened a Billion Times and
Will Happen a Billion Times Again
by Brian Doyle
A Boy and his dog
by Jason Bethay ’03
Magazine
Winter/Spring 2002
Incense
Students, alumni, professors,
and campus guests
on “Whatever is lovely, worthy of praise."
If you haven’t seen it in person, then maybe in the
movies: white smoke rising from a censer swung through the aisles of the
cathedral, billowing from a sang-khun during a Buddhist festival, being
waved over the body from a smudge stick during a Native American ritual.
The incense cloud rises into the air, a tangible expression of praise
or gratitude.
When WM asked faculty, students, and a group of alumni and campus
guests to introduce us to something they found “lovely, noble, or
worthy of praise,” the sense of wonder, respect, and pleasure in
their words and images was reminiscent of that incense. Think of the Homecoming
bonfire, your classmates and professors silhouetted by flames and telling
stories.
We’ve collected excerpts and selections from their responses. Click
on the titles at left to read them.
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