The Bookish Kind: Three Brilliant Circles

Friday, June 11, 2010

Three Brilliant Circles

Three literary circles I would have loved to have listened in on are the Bronte siblings, the Inklings, and the Transcendentalists. Three very different groups of people, whom I admire for a variety of reasons. Even now, many years and many a hearth and meal shared since they met, I draw my chair up to just catch a glimpse of what they knew and discussed.

The Brontes

The Inklings

The Transcendentalists

2 comments:

UnknownJune 14, 2010 at 10:40 AM
AWESOME!!!!

In the the C.S. Lewis book "The Four Loves," in chapter two, where he talks about "Phileo" love, which is the love between friends who share the same vision/ideals of life, he talks about his personal view on what makes a circle like the Inklings so powerful and valuable. I think you'd love it.

This was a great post!
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WebmasterJune 14, 2010 at 1:07 PM
Excellent! Now I need to get a copy of that book. I'll be watching out for it, thanks.
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Joy

I will never tire of the wind,
be it a cold winter blast
that takes me off guard
with it's bitterness,
or an exhilarating spring or
fall tempest that sweeps me away.
I get caught up in it every time,
...it's as if the wind is calling
my name to come out and play.
The trees become my cohorts,
...those gentle giants that sway
back and forth with delight,
as they gracefully bend to and
fro - they get caught up every time,
too, and are surely clapping their
hands in mirth.
In these moments, I am a
beautiful bird who was made for nothing more than ascending
to the heights where the currents await me. Joy.

For the beauty of the earth