A Journey Into the Self, bewerkt citaat

Civis Mundi Digitaal #122

door Jan Chris Jansen

                                                    A journey into the self                                                  

                                     Any traveler knows that a trip is not just about 

                                                 The encounter of a new place

                                     But, equally, a journey into the self, and that

                                                 The more foreign the place,

                                     The more profound the journey. Our experience

                                                 Of a place becomes inseparable

                                     From our recollections of who we were at the

                                                Time. We travel for the same

                                     Reason we read: to remind ourselves of the

                                                Existence, and also the inex-

                                     Plicability, of other lives, to recognize ourselves

                                                Within that which is foreign

                                     To us. We take the journey to see ourselves. 

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                                       Hanya Yanagihara  Letter from the Editor

                                            The New York Times  May 14, 2022