The Slow Response

Week 2: The Monk and the Artist

☀️ On bringing the monastery and the studio into our everyday lives

Jun 22, 2026
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Happy summer solstice and welcome to Week 2 of Summer Art Club! This week we are walking in the border lands and getting to know the inner monk and the inner artist. If you want to jump in, upgrade to a paid subscription below for weekly posts, subscriber-only chat, and weekly lectio divina zoom.

“Both the monk and the artist are edge dwellers, ones who commit to living in fertile border spaces and who call the wider community to alternative ways of being beyond the status quo. This can be a challenge and sometimes lonely place; it can also be exhilarating and exciting to step into the unknown.” - Christine Valters Paintner

Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, Middletown, RI
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