FACT OF THE DAY: The classic “Meditation in a Toolshed” essay was published today (7/17) in The Coventry Evening Telegraph in 1945. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You get one experience of a thing when you look along it and another when you look at it.” Meditation in a Toolshed (Published in The Coventry …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 29th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Quam Bene Saturno, Lewis’s first published poem came out in July, 1913 (when he was just 14). It was in Cherbourg School Magazine.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“We must, on pain of idiocy, deny from the very outset the idea that looking at is, by its own nature, intrinsically truer or better than looking along. One must look both along and at everything. ”
Meditation in a Toolshed
(Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph on 7/17/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
This month in 1943 Lewis was a guest on what BBC program?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 24th
FACT OF THE DAY:
All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C. S. Lewis 1922-27 came out in the US today (7/24) in 1991 (three months after its release in the UK).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You can step outside one experience only by stepping inside another. Therefore, if all inside experiences are misleading, we are always misled.”
Meditation in a Toolshed
(Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph on 7/17/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who came up with the name “The Chronicles of Narnia” for the entire series of books?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 17th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The classic “Meditation in a Toolshed” essay was published today (7/17) in The Coventry Evening Telegraph in 1945.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You get one experience of a thing when you look along it and another when you look at it.”
Meditation in a Toolshed
(Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph on 7/17/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Clipsie is the chief duffer’s daughter in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, but what does her name mean?
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RETROSPECT: July 11th – 21st
Highlights for the period of July 11-21 include: the first book resulting from speaking on the BBC, an unusual meditation, and the death of Joy.
When Lewis agreed to do talks over the radio he had no idea how well received they would be. After two successful series of talks that were each in five parts and another series scheduled to start in late September, the book Broadcast Talks was released on the 13th in 1942. Unlike the later books released after each of his last two series, this book contained no additional material. They were merely five chapters each to match what was on the air. The only difference had to do with the order of the chapters from the first series.
Quote: July 29, 2013
“We must, on pain of idiocy, deny from the very outset the idea that looking at is, by its own nature, intrinsically truer or better than looking along. One must look both along and at everything.”
Meditation in a Toolshed
(Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph 7/17/1945)
Quote: July 24, 2013
“You can step outside one experience only by stepping inside another. Therefore, if all inside experiences are misleading, we are always misled.”
Meditation in a Toolshed
(Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph 7/17/1945)
Quote: July 17, 2013
“You get one experience of a thing when you look along it and another when you look at it.”
Meditation in a Toolshed
(Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph 7/17/1945)
Fact: July 17, 2013
The classic “Meditation in a Toolshed” essay was published today in The Coventry Evening Telegraph in 1945. It’s best available in God in the Dock.
Retro: July 11th – 21st
Highlights for the period of July 11-21 include: the first book as the result of speaking on the BBC, an unusual meditation, and the sad passing of Lewis’s wife.
When Lewis agreed to do talks over the radio he had no idea how well received they would be. After two successful series of talks that were each in five parts and another series scheduled in a couple of months