Making space for creativity - silent thoughts from a Quiet Day!
The original title of this post was "Entering Deep Time' - which was the title of a Quiet Day here at St John the Divine today. It was a day to introduce us to Advent and there was more in it than I could write in a post lasting anything less than a day! So I just want to give a couple of reflections of my experience today. And to consider how this is a good start to Advent! First to say that we were treated to a lot of silence - and as those of you who have read this blog for any length of time will know, this has previously been a difficulty for me, but is now a delight! A previous posting and explanations of my dislike of silence (from way back in 2007) can be found here and here . The great revelation of silence being, indeed, somewhat golden can be found here . I have discovered, and it struck me today, that entering into silence can create different reactions at different times. This may seem obvious to most people, but I hadn't re...