Inverse Sculpting - Mysteries of Creativity | CLIP

John Bruce Leonard on how he writes, the Great Books tradition, how to more actively see reading as a means to making and refining oneself.

Clip taken from Learning in Public #16, Nov. 19th, 2020:
https://thegreatorder.com/behind-johns-new-novel-thorntree-learning-in-public-16/

-John's site:
johnbruceleonard (dot) com

-My site:
thegreatorder (dot) com

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We lament the loss of meaning, purpose and virtue that many modern people experience, but can also critique older notions whose blind spots got us here, or examine nefarious schemes currently pushing anti-life agendas—even if these are publicly presented as “evolved,” “enlightened,” and “inevitable.”

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