This lecture was given by Arvo Pärt during commencement at St Vladimir’s Seminary in 2014. He shared thoughts from his musical diaries. It begins with a most powerful question:

Have you thanked God for this failure already? Food for thought, because we always must ask the question, what is Art for?

http://www.ccwatershed.org/blog/2017/jul/6/most-sensitive-musical-instrument/