The human self is a crest of threshold cast among infinities. There is the infinity of time and the infinity of space. Yet within us there is also the infinity of interiority. (...)
While the silence of these infinite spaces can terrify, they also fascinate us. Though houses shelter us from the burden of distance and infinity, there is nowhere we can go to hide from the universe. Both outside us and within us, infinity surges.
John O'Donohue, The Four Elements. Reflections on Nature, "Fire at Home at the Hearth and Spirit" pp. 91-92
Image, Johann Mongles Culverhouse, Warmth of the Hearth (s.XIX), oil on canvass
While the silence of these infinite spaces can terrify, they also fascinate us. Though houses shelter us from the burden of distance and infinity, there is nowhere we can go to hide from the universe. Both outside us and within us, infinity surges.
John O'Donohue, The Four Elements. Reflections on Nature, "Fire at Home at the Hearth and Spirit" pp. 91-92
Image, Johann Mongles Culverhouse, Warmth of the Hearth (s.XIX), oil on canvass
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