{"product_id":"the-point-of-distraction-hardcover","title":"The Point of Distraction - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWill Eaves\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA memoir by the 2019 Wellcome Prize winner Will Eaves that looks at the creation of 8 piano pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'A wonderfully sensitive and probing meditation on the writing of words and music' Rolf Hind, composer and pianist\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat lies behind the creation of a piece of music? Does it spring fully formed from a composer's mind, or take shape in the recesses of the brain, revealing itself in stages over time? Is the creative act deliberate or happenstance? An inspired vision or the result of practice?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Eaves, author and musician, shares his experience of writing 8 new piano pieces after many years away from the keyboard. Some of the music is found in old notebooks and teenage enthusiasms, some of it is caught on the wing - a response to the resurgence of the natural world during COVID lockdown. None of it is what he is meant to be doing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut then not all artistic interests are primary or professional interests. Sometimes it's the second-string activities, the diversions, that bring work - and life - into focus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Point of Distraction\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique account of music-making that embraces Bach, film, jazz, literature, neuroscience and the mystery of will power in its search for meaning. At its heart is a love of skill, an openness to self-doubt, and a belief that we are all more than our declared aims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Eaves is a novelist and poet. Murmur, his most recent novel, won the 2019 Wellcome Book Prize and was co-winner of the Republic of Consciousness Prize for Fiction. He has worked as Arts Editor of the Times Literary Supplement and Associate Professor at the University of Warwick. His work has appeared in the Guardian, the Yale Review and the New Yorker, and he is co-host with Professor Sophie Scott of The Neuromantics, a podcast on science and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.87 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755201364256,"sku":"9780008432362","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/81e405b77825f2f1496d75912d12735f.webp?v=1780052848","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-point-of-distraction-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}