Cosmopolitanism vs. Displacement: Running From Where We Came From
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Cosmopolitanism vs. Displacement: Running From Where We Came From
What makes us feel liberated is not total freedom, but rather living in a set of limitations that we have created and prescribed for ourselves.
Andrea Zittel • Andrea Zittel, "These Things I Know for Sure"
THE ALIENATION IS real. The sense of frustration, futility, of never arriving, never feeling settled with ourselves—these are not figments of the imagination to be papered over with pious assertions of homecoming.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
In the West, the sources of religion, family, clan, and even country could no longer tell you who you are. You decide. But once you decide, to truly have chosen, you can’t just sit on your hands, resting quietly in the glow of your chosen identity. That’s not how this “freedom” works. This “freedom” calls for constant motion. And this need for cons
... See moreAndrew Root • The Congregation in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #3): Keeping Sacred Time against the Speed of Modern Life
And so I think when young people talk about what’s plaguing them— situationships, not getting on the housing ladder, even the climate crisis—what they are often getting at is the transience of everything. Everything uprooted. Everything unstable. They don’t feel attached to anything, anyone, anywhere. They don’t even feel like the Earth will stick ... See more