I am under orders from two different people to read Madeline L'Engle. A Circle of Quiet and The Irrational Season were coincidentally lent to me on the same day, and so I took heed and have been reading this Christmas break. Her children's books have long been near and dear to my heart, but these memoirs/journals/reflections are truly superb. She voices exactly (but better than I could ever express)my thoughts about art, creativity, and the nature of Love. An excerpt:
"The concentration of a small child at play is analogous to the concentration of the artist of any discipline. In real play, which is real concentration, the child is not only outside time, he is outside himself. He has thrown himself completely into whatever it is that he is doing. A child playig a game, building a sand castle, painting a picture, is completely in what he is doing. His self-consciousness is gond; his consciousness is wholly focused outside himself."
-A Circle of Quiet
About Me
- Katharine Mary
- North Shore, New England
- I'm a native Utahn who ventured to the East Coast for school and don't know which part of the world to call home. If my life were a Bed, Bath and Beyond, I would currently be trapped in the Beyond section without the lights on. The future is vast, unknown and full of possibilities! I just might go a little crazy before it arrives.
