so when did people like c.s. lewis become c.s. lewis
so you look around you and you see books and movies authored by incredibly brilliant minds. but when did they get that way. who made them that way. at times it feels like all i want to do is have one original thought, a unique perspective or a piece of deep helpful advice to someone in trouble...but it never happens. if i ran into a 22 year old c.s. lewis on the street today and befriended him, would every conversation with him be as insightful as his books? did he ever end a conversation with someone asleep at the other end?
you look at someone who you respect and you look at all the list of his influences, and so you go out and buy some of the books and watch some of the movies...but at the end of the list you don't find yourself that terribly interesting, any more so than before you read the books. did c.s. lewis find himself interesting? did he know that he was one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century?
did he know he was brilliant? or did he just have that title thrust upon him by the readers of his books? did his ideas just flow out of some unattainable mystical spring that only God can open in our minds? or did c.s. lewis force that opening? did he just continually dig intellectually until one day he tapped a deep force that is capable in all humans? is brilliance a gift or a hard sought after goal?
you look at someone who you respect and you look at all the list of his influences, and so you go out and buy some of the books and watch some of the movies...but at the end of the list you don't find yourself that terribly interesting, any more so than before you read the books. did c.s. lewis find himself interesting? did he know that he was one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century?
did he know he was brilliant? or did he just have that title thrust upon him by the readers of his books? did his ideas just flow out of some unattainable mystical spring that only God can open in our minds? or did c.s. lewis force that opening? did he just continually dig intellectually until one day he tapped a deep force that is capable in all humans? is brilliance a gift or a hard sought after goal?