{"product_id":"diminutive-voices-volume-2-ken-bazyn-9798385241279","title":"Diminutive Voices, Volume 2: Aphorisms, Epigrams, and Adages","description":"\u003cp\u003eAphorism, epigram, adage--the essence of each form is a saying short and pithy. Brief, condensed, and easy to recite, these represent a culture's wise advice. What an aesthetics of the miniature! As French philosopher Gaston Bachelard observes, \"The miniscule, a narrow gate, opens up an entire world.\" Some such sayings are pure description, yet they hint at something more; others appear to be an elder's admonition to a child; some resound with probing observations of human nature and God; others are light, whimsical wordplays. The Renaissance humanist Erasmus, who collected over four thousand adages, believed a proverb to be like a hurled javelin, striking the hearer's mind with a short point, implanting barbs for meditation. Nietzsche proposed that \"the relief-like, incomplete representation of a thought, or a whole philosophy is sometimes more effective than its exhaustive amplification.\" So Bazyn's gnomic verse functions almost like Zen koans to push readers into new ways of perceiving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese four volumes, like a patchwork quilt, are interwoven with 196 color photographs (abstract to concrete), shot from myriad angles in assorted styles. When pondered seriously, they help unravel manifold meanings within each saying. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Bazyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798385241279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Resource Publications (CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Ken Bazyn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440473354495,"sku":"9798385241279","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_45a6fc95-03c9-4c4b-91ab-a3b8e519a2c4.jpg?v=1777182665","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/diminutive-voices-volume-2-ken-bazyn-9798385241279","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}