I totally agree with you regarding the soul-crushing ugliness of the modern urban and bureaucratic world. It's why I live in the countryside in Britain, and have always felt most at home and with God in the Swiss mountains. I don't understand how people cope with London at all. We must be differently wired.
My book is ostensibly about autism and the Arabian Gulf, but what its really about in its deep down secret heart is enchantment. Not re-enchantment, which isn't something we could do or something that is necessary. But enchantment as in peeling our eyes open to once again apprehend the world in a sacramental way. All is radiant with God. That right there is more than enough enchantment for anyone.
Also in my book is a chapter about, yes, going insane in London. I love the city so much but at the very same time it can be a pugilistic monstrosity. Understanding aesthetics as fundamentally ethical is transformative and essential for living a human life.
Your publication was recommended on the Substack home page and I feel like there's some eerie listening to my devices because it's exactly the kind of writing I enjoy reading. I'm here for the magic. I'm here for the strange.
P.S.
As somone looking to move out of London soon due to a complex love-hate relationship with it, your observations and experiences of the city ring true.
EDIT: exactly the kind of writing I enjoy experiencing.
I totally agree with you regarding the soul-crushing ugliness of the modern urban and bureaucratic world. It's why I live in the countryside in Britain, and have always felt most at home and with God in the Swiss mountains. I don't understand how people cope with London at all. We must be differently wired.
I heartily cosign all the above.
My book is ostensibly about autism and the Arabian Gulf, but what its really about in its deep down secret heart is enchantment. Not re-enchantment, which isn't something we could do or something that is necessary. But enchantment as in peeling our eyes open to once again apprehend the world in a sacramental way. All is radiant with God. That right there is more than enough enchantment for anyone.
Also in my book is a chapter about, yes, going insane in London. I love the city so much but at the very same time it can be a pugilistic monstrosity. Understanding aesthetics as fundamentally ethical is transformative and essential for living a human life.
Your publication was recommended on the Substack home page and I feel like there's some eerie listening to my devices because it's exactly the kind of writing I enjoy reading. I'm here for the magic. I'm here for the strange.
P.S.
As somone looking to move out of London soon due to a complex love-hate relationship with it, your observations and experiences of the city ring true.
EDIT: exactly the kind of writing I enjoy experiencing.
Rose listen https://open.spotify.com/track/2aM2Mcjlc3vlW64LF6NOYu?si=EbcV4AiJTOOp6sWou-Iiyg
What you said about London as an onslaught chimed with me.
Yes.