Your opening graph is the exact train of thought that ends with 30+ Wikipedia tabs open on my phone, half of which I never end up reading anyway because sometimes it’s simpler not knowing.
Paul Valéry's Sea Shells is a beautiful treatise on the imagination that comes with choosing unknowing, was reminded of it from your opening paragraphs
Idk if you've seen this but I just started reading it and it got me right in the same place your stuff gets me. https://loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/you-are-here/
I hadn't heard of this! Thanks for the rec, I will definitely be digging in
Your opening graph is the exact train of thought that ends with 30+ Wikipedia tabs open on my phone, half of which I never end up reading anyway because sometimes it’s simpler not knowing.
i feel this deeply
Paul Valéry's Sea Shells is a beautiful treatise on the imagination that comes with choosing unknowing, was reminded of it from your opening paragraphs
I will look into this, thank you!