Rabindranath Tagore Books

Rabindranath Tagore's "Gintanjali" or "Song Offerings" have been stopping people in their tracks for almost 100 years with their gentle reminder that the spiritual is also everyday personal and can change a world. So it is no wonder that artist Mark McGinnis stopped everything else when he read the poems; the delightful surprises in "Gintanjali: Offerings of Song and Art" are the 103 exquisitely detailed and elegantly simple paintings that he painted to accompany them.
The paintings become windows, doors and skylights that invite readers to take another step out of their everyday lives. The paintings gently lead the eyes while the words take root. The songs begin to resonate in another way as we pause just a little longer, and quiet becomes visual in McGinnis' well-thought art.
This is also a beautiful book to hold. The weight of the paper and the quality of the printing complement a simple and elegant design that allow readers to discover the luminous quality of this art and these songs. McGinnis' paintings are dropped like jewels, usually one on each page, with a poem underneath. Each becomes its own composition. Each stands alone yet flows into the whole.
Those who have already read Tagore's songs will find another dimension in this edition. Those who have encounter them for the first time in this book will be introduced to a double feast.