Zen Telegrams

by Paul Reps

Book Overview

Zen Telegrams is a collection of Reps's picture-poems," works of calligraphic art and minimalist poetry that first fascinated Japanese,then attracted Western viewers. A lesser artist trying to combine... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804806454
• ISBN13: 9780804806459
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Length: 101 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Paul's work is great

His books are treasures, This one is one of the best. They are like misty rain slowly working on our vision of the world.

Beautiful and Simple

This book is 79 poems with drawings. There are only a few lines to each poem. "perhaps/only perhaps/ you stand beside me/ in the falling rain." Accompanying each poem is a drawing done in black, what looks to be waterbased paint. Poems and drawings are very simple, very beautiful. "looking into your eyes/ I forget that people die."

Zen Telegrams offer peace and thought

Zen Telegrams by Paul Reps offers insight into the spirit. A collection of one page image poems, it can be seen as a commentary on the world in which we live as Reps delves into each subject with only a few words. His simple style sets the mind in motion as his words, gallop, fall, or smear across the page. The result his poems open the soul. This book can be used as a meditative initiative, or a gentle reminder of the world we call home. For either use, it is a collection that is definately a must own because of the power it conveys.