“The commentators were ecstatic after the game. ‘He played like a man inspired,’ they said. What images does that conjure up for you? A sports star, perhaps, running rings round the opposition and scoring a brilliant goal. Or, from a different world, a musician: eyes closed, fingers flying to and fro on an instrument, filling the air with wonderful jazz. ‘Inspiration’: we use the word loosely. We imply that ‘it just came over them,’ that they suddenly became someone different. Of course we kn...
Inspired Not By Accident
