Robert Lax 19152000 was a poet with a singular vision and style whose quest to live an authentic life as both an artist and a spiritual seeker inspired Thomas Merton Jack Kerouac William Maxwell and countless others Known in the US primarily as Mertons best friend and in Europe as a daringly original avantgarde poet Lax lived a life of simplicity humility and grace that continues to encourage and motivate readers and followers This film is a portrait of Robert Lax as he was to those who were fortunate to visit him during his thirty years of living on the Greek island of Patmos