I think we all think too little, myself included. For a long time I have believed that our society has become at heart ephemeral, concerned with the fleeting experience and scornfully dismissive of that which is perceived as intellectual, namely anything that requires thought or enthusiasm or energy. I think we are all in danger of being forced to dismiss conversation, reading, art and music etc. in favour of instantaneous satisfaction and the cult of the new.
I am as guilty as anyone else.
This being the case, I have decided to renounce all television for Lent and attempt at the same time to read Prousts' " In Search Of Lost Time" cover to cover. I want to see if I think more, feel more and see more, whether in fact I too can go in search of lifes we have lost...
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