We live in a Babel of antagonistic tribes — tribes that speak only the languages of race, class, rights, and ideology. That is why the intuitive language of the imagination is so vital. Reaching deep into our collective thoughts and memories, great art sneaks past our shallow prejudices and brittle opinions to remind us of the complexity and mystery of human existence.
— Gregory Wolfe, Beauty Will Save the World: Recovering the Human In an Ideological Age
I’ve been working twelve-hour days for what seems like a month, at least. I’m not complaining, mind you. In fact, staying busy serves as something like an emetic. The mind is purged of the toxins of current events. I gaze upon the Boschian hellscape of the web with fresh eyes and think, Surely, there’s got to be more edifying stuff than this. And so I make a promise to myself that I will redouble my efforts to seek out the cracks which Matthew Crawford spoke of, the overlooked spaces where beauty and imagination can flourish. It’s been too long since I stumbled across any new and interesting blogs to read. I think I’ll start pointedly searching for some. Any suggestions?
August 5, 2020 @ 2:39 pm
You may know it already, and better than I, probably; but on the off chance: vunex.blogspot.com — or vines globally come, as Otto Correct prefers to put it…. It was written by a fellow doing research at the Warburg Institute. The blog ran for a few years and stopped over a decade ago. All archived now, it’s a great strange book to read from beginning to end, or dip into. You’ll know at a glance (and you, and you) if it’s your meat or no.
August 5, 2020 @ 2:48 pm
No, I hadn’t heard of it before. I’ll check it out. Thanks!