Category Archives: Received Wisdom

Philip Yancey on Writing

Soul Survivor

I recently read ‘Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church‘ by Philip Yancey. The following is taken from his chapter about the writer Frederick Buechner: “Why do we do it, we writers? ‘Of making many books there is no … Continue reading

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Daniel Levitin on Art

Tape Op

I recently read a great interview with Daniel Levitin, author of ‘This is Your Brain on Music‘, in the Dec/Jan issue of the wonderful Tape Op magazine. Here’s my favourite bit: “…what separates us from the animals is art. There … Continue reading

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