One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time.
Madeleine L'EngleTags: humility
How long your closet held a whiff of you,
Long after hangers hung austere and bare.
I would walk in and suddenly the true
Sharp sweet sweat scent controlled the air
And life was in that small still living breath.
Where are you? since so much of you is here,
Your unique odour quite ignoring death.
My hands reach out to touch, to hold what's dear
And vital in my longing empty arms.
But other clothes fill up the space, your space,
And scent on scent send out strange false alarms.
Not of your odour there is not a trace.
But something unexpected still breaks through
The goneness to the presentness of you.
Tags: poetry
A book comes and says, 'Write me.
Madeleine L'EngleTags: writing
Love is the one surprise.
Madeleine L'EngleTags: love
People become trustworthy when they are trusted.
Madeleine L'EngleOn the other side of pain, there is still love.
Madeleine L'EngleStories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.
Madeleine L'EngleTags: love inspiration stories courage
No! Alike and equal are not the same thing at all!
Madeleine L'EngleIf a book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.
Madeleine L'EngleSo perhaps the reason I shuddered at the idea of writing something about 'Christian art' is that to paint a picture or to write a story or to compose a song is an incarnational activity. The artist is a servant who is willing to be a birth-giver. In a very real sense the artist (male or female) should be like Mary, who, when the angel told her that she was to bear the Messiah, was obedient to the command. Obedience is an unpopular word nowadays, but the artist must be obedient to the work, whether it be a symphony, a painting, or a story for a small child. I believe that each work of art, whether it is a work of great genius or something very small, comes to the artist and says 'Here I am. Enflesh me. Give birth to me.' And the artist either says 'My soul doth magnify the Lord' and willingly becomes the bearer of the work, or refuses; but the obedient response is not necessicarily a conscious one, and not everyone has the humble, courageous obedience of Mary.
Madeleine L'EngleTags: faith-and-art
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