Last week I finished a lovely brief book (or long essay) from Ivan Illich entitled “H20 and the Waters of Forgetfulness.” Like nearly everything from Illich each page could fill a book club meeting; the footnotes alone deserve essays. It was while watching my children develop their own sense of world-making that the first pages of the essay particularly struck my heart. Illich writes:
Dwellings of Forgetfulness
Dwellings of Forgetfulness
Dwellings of Forgetfulness
Last week I finished a lovely brief book (or long essay) from Ivan Illich entitled “H20 and the Waters of Forgetfulness.” Like nearly everything from Illich each page could fill a book club meeting; the footnotes alone deserve essays. It was while watching my children develop their own sense of world-making that the first pages of the essay particularly struck my heart. Illich writes: