Reading and writing through time and space.
The sensualist, I'll allow ye, begins by pursuing a real pleasure, though a small one. His sin is the less. But the time comes when, though the pleasure becomes less and less and the craving fiercer and fiercer, and though he knows that joy can never come that way, yet he prefers to joy the … Continue reading Lessons from The Great Divorce and Other Observations
Sometimes things start to catch up to you. Reality becomes more real, and sometimes it seems that things you just can't stop are racing toward you with the speed of a European bullet train. You don't want to be there yet, but here it is. You run, but you realize you'll be outrun. You fight, … Continue reading Life is Beautiful (There’s No Time to Ignore It)
I bit my lip. I squirmed uncomfortably. I sighed. I knew no one else sitting in the chairs knew what my heart was feeling. But I did, and therefore I wanted to run and hide in a hole from the truth in my heart. What made me feel violently compelled to shrink away from my … Continue reading I Shall Not Want