Post by CynanMachae on Mar 21, 2006 12:14:46 GMT -5
In the back of our newly aquired Albion copies, there's an interview with Mr. Lawhead. Here's a portion of it:
Q: "Your books - all of them - are absolutely soaked with spirituality."
Lawhead: "Is that a question?"
Q: "The question is, why?"
Lawhead: "The answer is, how can it be otherwise? we can only write... what we ourselves believe. I often have the experience of seeing a film that is crying out for a certain kind of scene or ending - a happy one, perhaps - but the writer or filmmaker does not have in himself any experience or belief in such an ending so it doesn't find it's way into his work...
"My world - my personal world, the one I live in day-to-day - has almost limitless horizons. My world is a spiritual one where the constraints of time and space are, ultimately, meaningless. So, I believe in God, and I believe in eternity, and redemption - basically, I believe in the life and teaching of Jesus Christ - and that will naturally infuse everything I do creatively, just as a nihilist, humanist, or naturalist will produce works that reflect those beliefs.
"If my books are spiritual, and of course they are, it's because my worldview is spiritual, and I write about what I know, have experienced, and believe. It is not strange at all. It is how everyone used to write. What is strange is how so many people seem to have forgotten this. Maybe that's what Song of Albion is ultimately. A subtle, yet powerful reminder."
Now, this is not new news to everyone here, but I found it interesting.
Q: "Your books - all of them - are absolutely soaked with spirituality."
Lawhead: "Is that a question?"
Q: "The question is, why?"
Lawhead: "The answer is, how can it be otherwise? we can only write... what we ourselves believe. I often have the experience of seeing a film that is crying out for a certain kind of scene or ending - a happy one, perhaps - but the writer or filmmaker does not have in himself any experience or belief in such an ending so it doesn't find it's way into his work...
"My world - my personal world, the one I live in day-to-day - has almost limitless horizons. My world is a spiritual one where the constraints of time and space are, ultimately, meaningless. So, I believe in God, and I believe in eternity, and redemption - basically, I believe in the life and teaching of Jesus Christ - and that will naturally infuse everything I do creatively, just as a nihilist, humanist, or naturalist will produce works that reflect those beliefs.
"If my books are spiritual, and of course they are, it's because my worldview is spiritual, and I write about what I know, have experienced, and believe. It is not strange at all. It is how everyone used to write. What is strange is how so many people seem to have forgotten this. Maybe that's what Song of Albion is ultimately. A subtle, yet powerful reminder."
Now, this is not new news to everyone here, but I found it interesting.
The best books have strong undertones of faith: Lawhead, Tolkien, Lewis, Wallace, Bunyan. These are the stories that can change lives.
