Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art

Short Review: I really like L'Engle's books of wisdom. They are like listening to an older friend. And I really want to hear earned wisdom share like this. But I am not a writer so this book was not written for me. I write as a form of processing, not art. I also think an enormous amount of the content has leaked out in other books or articles that I have read previously. So even when I know that something came from here, if I have heard it previously, it is no longer new.

I do think this is a book that is designed to be re-read. So I may do that later. I definitely did not dislike it. It just did not impact me in the way that it has impacted many. Sarah Arthur's recent biography of L'Engle had a long section about artists and authors that were impacted by L'Engle and Walking on Water was the book that most cited. I think at least part of what I appreciate about Walking on Water is that it didn't impact me as much as it did previous readers. That lack of impact is a sign that the previous impact caused people to re-think art and approach it from a more positive direction.


My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/walking-on-water/