Clover Stroud is a journalist and best-selling author of three books, the most recent of which is The Red of my Blood.
She spoke about spoke about her upbringing, grappling with death, and the intertwined relationship between grief, God, creativity and horses.
Read the full transcript here: https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/comment/2023/01/25/clover-stroud-on-grief-god-creativity-and-horses
Purchase The Red of My Blood, here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Blood-Death-Life-Story/dp/0857527738/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:05 What is sacred to you? Clover Stroud’s response
07:14 Spirituality and horses
12:47 Grappling with grief
16:38 Growing up in the countryside
26:28 Faith is a lot like creativity
37:43 Nick Cave and the transcendent nature of grief
49:32 Sober intoxication of the Catholic Mass
43:49 Reflection and outro
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