Recently I was on a ship sailing in the eastern Atlantic. Much of the time there was nothing to be seen but the apparently boundless, horizon-kissing ocean in all directions. Nothing that is but a seemingly timeless wind-driven surging of waves, an unlimited globe-circling highway to distant lands, a mind stretching enormous-ness emphasising our smallness. … Continue reading Nothingness to Love- An Ascent to Praise
A Brave New World of Nothing
So we come once again to that annual festival of the ‘celebration of nothing’, otherwise known as New Year, an artificial date with no meaning (it is not even midwinter). As we do so I am reminded once again of Aldous Huxley the writer of “Brave New World” a story of a futuristic, totalitarian and … Continue reading A Brave New World of Nothing