For this weekend, a question, maybe the most important question:
What, other than yourself, other than what’s popular, do you truly care about?
Since one of my personal answers to this question is the apprehension of Thin Places (which I wrote about here), and since one of my most reliable portals to Thin Places is music, today I’m sharing with you two minutes of Handel’s Passacaglia, performed by Monk Abel. Stop and listen - you’ll be so happy you did.
Please share your thoughts, if you’re so inclined! I’m leaving this one open to all subscribers to comment below — whether or not you’re a member yet.
PS The above question is via Naval Ravikant.
PS I just saw this post, by David Perell, of the "How I Write" podcast, and thought it relevant to this topic:
"Christian writers have long talking about “thin places” where the boundary between heaven and earth collapses and the presence of God feels visceral.
A few years ago I met a guy from rural South Africa who said: “Where I’m from, the idea of not believing in God doesn’t even occur to people. Not everybody’s a Christian but everyone I know believes in a higher power. It’s obvious to us.”
Cities like London and New York are the opposite. They’re thick places, which is one reason why they’re centers of unbelief. It’s hard to relate to a creator when everything around you is man-made and the lights blind you to the majesty of the infinite cosmos.
These major cities shield you from the transcendent in the same way those heavy lead jackets at the dentist’s office block radiation.
Thin places tend to be quiet. But cities are physically (and spiritually) loud, which is why, when you’re in them, you can go weeks at a time without pausing to think about God."
Caring for animals 🐾 is therapeutic including wild animals. The Bird bath is so busy in my backyard it's like a buckee's for birds. 🦢