“Television numbs the mind. Candlelight, I have found, calms the mind. Television offers distraction and agitation. Candlelight offers focus and peace. Television causes a physical space to recede and disappear from our awareness. Candlelight brings a physical space to life, warming it, massaging it, continuously reinventing its every surface and corner. Television, we all know, facilitates wasteful time. Candles, on the other hand, facilitate restful time. No candlemaker has ever declared sleep to be his primary competitor.”
I had no idea that Old English is still being spoken somewhere. That makes my heart skip a beat.
Great food for thought about candlelight and TVs. One of my winter practices this year has been having a strict curfew time for myself...it's easy to push the horizon of sleep out further and further thanks to electricity, and it never leaves me in a good space.
Thanks for sharing my Candlemas rambles - oh how I love this holiday!
It’s been helpful! But I’m on the hunt for an alarm that isn’t via my phone, and also isn’t the shocking alarm clock beep. I realized I need a few layers of reminding before curfew, so I can end All Creatures, get some reading in, and then have lights out. 😂
I’ve heard of this! But you’ve made it even worse than I thought it was… Finn will delight in this info. Thanks, Chris!
It was so fun chatting with you for the podcast, Tsh! Thanks so much!
It was a delight!
This right here ... oh yeah and amen -->
“Television numbs the mind. Candlelight, I have found, calms the mind. Television offers distraction and agitation. Candlelight offers focus and peace. Television causes a physical space to recede and disappear from our awareness. Candlelight brings a physical space to life, warming it, massaging it, continuously reinventing its every surface and corner. Television, we all know, facilitates wasteful time. Candles, on the other hand, facilitate restful time. No candlemaker has ever declared sleep to be his primary competitor.”
I had no idea that Old English is still being spoken somewhere. That makes my heart skip a beat.
Great food for thought about candlelight and TVs. One of my winter practices this year has been having a strict curfew time for myself...it's easy to push the horizon of sleep out further and further thanks to electricity, and it never leaves me in a good space.
Thanks for sharing my Candlemas rambles - oh how I love this holiday!
I LOVE the idea of a stricter curfew for this time of year… it feels so natural anyway (I crave more sleep this time of year). Great practice!
It’s been helpful! But I’m on the hunt for an alarm that isn’t via my phone, and also isn’t the shocking alarm clock beep. I realized I need a few layers of reminding before curfew, so I can end All Creatures, get some reading in, and then have lights out. 😂
I'm definitely gonna need to corner Finn and make him clarify some of those facts. I have so many questions!
😂 You should! He'd love to bend the ear of anyone who'll listen to his random fun facts...