tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post5854069850500171657..comments2024-03-22T17:35:52.045-04:00Comments on Extra Thoughts: The surprise of beautyLydia McGrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-51316004974842201202015-01-28T09:29:55.121-05:002015-01-28T09:29:55.121-05:00Thanks, Anon. I have only rather scattered recomme...Thanks, Anon. I have only rather scattered recommendations. Beth Impson's blog Inscapes http://inscapes.blogspot.com/<br /><br />contains meditations of this kind at times.<br /><br />I also recommend some particular novelists. _Gilead_, by Marilynne Robinson, is a truly great novel. (Don't go to Robinson for theology, though. She is an incredible novelist but a muddled theologian.) <br /><br />You might find value in the best novels of Elizabeth Goudge, which I review here: http://www.whatswrongwiththeworld.net/2008/01/elizabeth_goudges_novels.htmlLydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-80172061211115988832015-01-28T06:36:59.116-05:002015-01-28T06:36:59.116-05:00Lydia - material on aesthetics and things like you...Lydia - material on aesthetics and things like your "fits and starts" comment (beautifully expressed) are extremely important to me. <br /><br />Would you be so kind as to recommend writers/poets that specialise in this kind of insight (besides lewis and scruton, I've thankfully discovered them already!)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-4701796162114087762014-10-12T14:48:33.633-04:002014-10-12T14:48:33.633-04:00I'm so glad that you got to see the post! I ca...I'm so glad that you got to see the post! I can well imagine that an artist would paint because he has no choice. That is often how I feel about some of my writing. Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-70468825717856111172014-10-12T13:09:22.892-04:002014-10-12T13:09:22.892-04:00Thank you, Lydia, for this lovely meditation. Ofte...Thank you, Lydia, for this lovely meditation. Often, we artists aren't sure why we do what we do. It's enlightening to have someone see our work with fresh eyes, and put into words things we cannot!Timothy Joneshttp://timjonesart.fineartstudioonline.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-660490455066376522014-10-12T09:24:24.153-04:002014-10-12T09:24:24.153-04:00Thank you, Beth. That sounds like an early morning...Thank you, Beth. That sounds like an early morning drive! I'm not much of a morning lark, but sometimes beauty is the one compensation for having to be up early.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-55344820790779783232014-10-11T22:24:19.720-04:002014-10-11T22:24:19.720-04:00Thanks for this lovely post, and for sharing your ...Thanks for this lovely post, and for sharing your picture with us again. I was driving to work the other morning, anticipating another rainy day, and then I looked up and saw the full moon shining behind shredded storm clouds and seeming to chase them away from its beauty. Such a gift.Beth Impsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560137034653905618noreply@blogger.com