The fifth book in the series features an introduction by Christopher Reiger. The book is separated into two parts as the title suggests, the latter half being a reproduction of the 2009 art/blog project featured on NPR of the same name (see 'Palace Prayers' the wordpress site). Misdaq wrote the blog under the pseudonym of 'Man in Palace'. From Reiger's foreword, "Both Wittgenstein and Thoreau can be described as transcendentalists; Yusuf qualifies, too. Like the two philosophers, he finds in his observations of the world cause for fundamental optimism. Unlike them, his writing is generally informal and devoid of pretension… No doubt the author, laughing, singing, eyes wide and sparkling, would appear mad to many of his fellows. This is to their discredit. They have forgotten (or failed to learn) how to look. Mystics, like many philosophers and artists, are too easily dismissed as lunatic or eccentric. Yusuf's ability to see through the veil of our cultural forgetfulness informs his aesthetic imagination and invigorates his art… Reading Yusuf's poetry, I'm reminded that every step is a psalm, every directed gaze is a prayer." – Christopher Reiger, Artist & Writer for Hungry Hyaena.