The Point of Distraction Hardback

A memoir by the 2019 Wellcome Prize winner Will Eaves that looks at the creation of six piano pieces. What lies behind the creation of a piece of music?

Does it spring fully formed from a composers mind, or lie fermenting in the deep recesses of the brain to reveal itself in pieces over a long period of time. Or does it inhabit the sub-conscious for days, sometimes years, to reappear suddenly? Will Eaves, award-winning author and composer, provides an insight into the composing of six piano pieces – parts of which he found in a long forgotten waterlogged box, parts of which were a reaction to two wood pigeons that appeared in his garden during COVID lockdown.

What he discovers is that second-string activities bring one’s main interests in life into focus.

Staring at your creative pursuit straight on can render it impossible, but if you let it occupy the space of distraction, to your side, it lives and breathes. This novel memoir touches on neuroscience, musical theory and will power and highlights that the moment of creativity is a cross roads of a kaleidoscope of interests that result in a piece of music.

It thus explains The Point of Distraction.