Matthew Clark, a free-spirited singer-songwriter and storyteller, travels across America in his van, sharing music and wisdom. In this engaging conversation, he delves into the themes of love and renewal that resonate throughout his Well Trilogy project. Clark talks about the resilience found in despair, and how enduring love can guide us through life's challenges, even in the face of loss. He celebrates the importance of vulnerability and community, emphasizing that true healing comes from embracing our connections with others.
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Engage with Reality Through Beauty
Reality is best engaged by bearing witness and participation in it, not escapism.\n- Beauty, goodness, and song are durable truths that connect us deeply to what's real.
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Creating The Well Trilogy Project
Matthew Clark created The Well Trilogy as three albums with essays inspired by his songs.\n- Each album explores different spiritual themes, accompanied by extensive liner notes as essays by various writers.
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Reality and Judgment's Clarifying Role
In the new heavens and earth, only what is truly real remains, free from all kinds of death.\n- Judgment will clarify all confusion, separating good from evil, because only God knows the original blueprint.
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The Lord of the Rings, written by J.R.R. Tolkien, is an epic high fantasy novel set in Middle-earth. The story follows Frodo Baggins, a hobbit who inherits the One Ring from his uncle Bilbo. The Ring, forged by Sauron, holds the power to control all other Rings of Power and must be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom to prevent Sauron's return. Frodo is joined by a fellowship of other characters, including Gandalf the Grey, Samwise Gamgee, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Boromir, as they embark on a dangerous quest across Middle-earth. The novel explores themes of good vs. evil, the corrupting influence of power, and the struggle between fate and free will[3][4][5].
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Where the River Goes
Where the River Goes
The Well Trilogy
Matthew Clark
Where the River Goes is the third installment in Matthew Clark's "Well Trilogy." It's a collection of eleven essays written by various authors, each inspired by a song from Clark's corresponding album. The essays explore themes of faith, hope, and the enduring nature of love in the face of suffering. The book delves into the complexities of human experience and the search for meaning in a world marked by both joy and sorrow. It serves as a companion piece to the album, offering a deeper reflection on the musical themes.
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Matthew Clark is a singer/-songwriter, a storyteller, and a free spirit. He drives around America in a van he calls Vandalf, taking his music and stories and wisdom to audiences across the country. For the last six years he’s been working on a project he calls The Well Trilogy. Three albums of eleven songs, each accompanied by a collection of eleven essays inspired by the songs, written by friends of Matthew. The latest installment, Where the River Goes, comes out this week. In this episode, Matthew and Jonathan Rogers talk about aligning with reality, overcoming despair, and the love that outlives every kind of death.
This episode is sponsored by The Habit Writer Development Cohorts, a six-week online small-group writing intensive designed to help writers develop their unique voice, refine their ideas, strengthen their craft, and build sustainable work habits. TheHabit.co/Cohorts
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