HOLY EFFING COW GOSH

[jade_sabre]

1)  First, my f-list fails me and nobody reports this.

2)  Then my f-list doesn't fail and HOMG SOBS.


This is very sad and heart-rending.  :-(

edit:  an entertaining interview with Madeleine L'Engle, here.

son of edit:  an inspirational/truly fascinating interview with ML, here.  (Thanks, Philia!)

Comments

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

I am very sad, and also just amazed at the way things come together like this.

What is up with that?

I wasn't sure L'Engle was still alive, but Pavarotti was a much more recent beloved artist. I will miss them being here.

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

*sighs and agrees*

[philia-fan.livejournal.com]

Jade, Mitali has a link on her blog to an old interview with M. L'Engle at Christianity Today. She was so very articulate and interesting that even this heathen enjoyed it, so I recommend.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

Oooh, thanks for pointing me to that. Clearly I have to go reread all of her books now. I wonder how much of it I grasped when I was younger? (And she is amazingly articulate. I'm in love with her philosophy simply because of the way she dictates it. *surreptitiously stabs Descartes with a spoon*)

[styromgalleries.livejournal.com]

That's so sad. I just found out about Pavarotti from my Mom this morning (I've been out of the loop mentoring freshmen on campus all this past week) and I had no idea about Madeleine L'Engle. I really like her work. And, I have this great little book including things she has said about writing. She will be missed.

[styromgalleries.livejournal.com]

You're reading Descartes? I'm going to have to read.. something by him this year. Right now, we're reading Pascal's Pensees. It's pretty interesting so far.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. I don't know if we'll get to Pascal this semester or not. Maybe...? Anyway, Descartes is a moron. And I mean that in the nicest way possible (not).

[styromgalleries.livejournal.com]

That's oh so encouraging! (not)

[philia-fan.livejournal.com]

Jade, you'll appreciate this. When I read that bit about how if we heard all the voices speaking to us, it would be an unbearable cacophony, I thought of Amadeus, where Mozart talks about God hearing the world as an ever-increasing vocal ensemble, and how the composer's job was to turn the audience into God.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

:-)