A corner of Narnia from Belfast's CS Lewis has been created on the Newtownards Road in Belfast with a £2.5 million square dedicated to characters from the Chronicles of Narnia. The CS Lewis Square is part of the new Connswater Greenway regeneration project - an ambitious plan to totally transform some neglected parts of Belfast. (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvcep6ttT4Y)
In total seven incredible sculptures have been created by Irish artist Maurice Harron - which include Aslan the Lion, Maugrim, Mr and Mrs Beaver, the Robin, the White Witch, the Stone Table and everyone's favourite - Mr Tumnus.
We have visited the location twice already and had a great time. The site is open 24/7 - and will be enjoyed by all fans of the books or movies - young or old!
For directions on how to get to the square - use the Google map below -
There is free parking on the streets around the square. Also a few streets away is a mural to CS Lewis (which is also featured in the video above)
There is also a coffee shop on site - great for a relaxing bit and warm cup, if the Irish weather kicks in! The centre has maps of the sculptures and be sure to check out "The Seeker" and wardrobe as well.
Although Lewis was a bachelor for most of his life and never fathered children of his own, he seemed to possess a genuine connection and deep understating of children and treated them as equals. He once wrote of a peculiar connection he made with a child, “Once in a hotel dining-room, I said, rather too loudly, ‘I loathe prunes.’ ‘So do I,’ came an unexpected six-year-old voice from another table. Sympathy was instantaneous. Neither of us thought it funny. We both knew that prunes are far too nasty to be funny. That is the proper meeting between man and child as independent personalities.”
It is also noted that numerous children wrote C.S Lewis with critical questions about The Chronicles of Narnia and he always took the time to reply back to them point by point without fail, challenging them to further explore their ideas.
The Development of His Writings:
During his teenage years, Lewis discovered the ancient literature of Scandinavia as it was preserved in the Icelandic sagas. This new interest led to his love of nature and later on his writings developed and moved out of the tales of Boxen to include a variety of different art forms, including epic poetry and opera.
After his conversion to Christianity, his interests gravitated towards Christian theology and away from pagan Celtic mysticism. Most of his writings tend to deal with Christian themes such as sin, humanity's fall from grace, and redemption.
In 1929, Lewis founded a discussion society known as the "Inklings", joined by J. R. R. Tolkien, Nevill Coghill, Lord David Cecil, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and his brother Warren Lewis.
Books by CS Lewis:
CS Lewis' works have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold millions of copies. The Chronicles of Narnia series has sold the most and have been adapted into numerous stages, TV, radio, and cinema productions.
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
This book is a partial autobiography by C. S. Lewis which was published in 1955. In it, he describes his conversion to Christianity 24 years earlier.
His apparent aim behind writing this autobiography is to describe the events surrounding his discovery of and search for the phenomenon he labeled "Joy", his best translation of the idea of Sehnsucht (German: longing). He describes the emotion as “an unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.”
Unlike regular autobiographies, this book does not describe specific events in Lewis' life, however, it recounts his early years with a measure of amusement mixed with pain.
Lewis ultimately discovers the true nature and purpose of Joy and its place in his own life. The book's last two chapters describe how he finally reaches the end of his search as he makes the transition from atheism to theism and then to Christianity.
Although the idea of the book is the search for "Joy", it is no way related to Lewis' marriage to Joy Gresham, since it occurred long after the period described.
The title of the book is an allusion to William Wordsworth's poem, "Surprised By Joy — Impatient As The Wind", relating an incident when Wordsworth forgot the death of his beloved daughter:
Surprised by joy — impatient as the Wind
I turned to share the transport — Oh! with whom
But Thee, deep buried in the silent tomb,
That spot which no vicissitude can find?
To read more-visit :
http://www.connollycove.com/cs-lewis-chronicles-narnia-lion-witch-wardrobe/Belfast, Northern Ireland, is definitely the city to visit in order to see some of the different things known worldwide, such as the Chronicles of Narnia by getting the chance to visit CS Lewis square or even visiting Titanic place to know where this huge ship was built (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o7jMDZNFjA).
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