“What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn’t be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought.”
– Artist David Hockney
born on this day in 1937
Poem of the Day:
“July Afternoon by the Pond”
by Walt Whitman
Kindle Ebook of the Day:
Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience
by Ron Sider – $3.03!!!
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C. Christopher Smith is the founding editor of The Englewood Review of Books. He is also author of a number of books, including most recently How the Body of Christ Talks: Recovering the Practice of Conversation in the Church (Brazos Press, 2019). Connect with him online at: C-Christopher-Smith.com

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