Fiction is More Real Than Non-Fiction
Fiction is More Real Than Non-Fiction
Ep. 147
Stories (the good ones, anyway) tell us more than an entertaining tale—they tell us why the world is the way it is, as well as the way it should be. In this way, fiction is often more real than non-fiction. Everyone should read fiction, especially folks who want to know how the world works and how we're called to make it better. Seth & Tsh unpack why good stories do just that.
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Fiction is More Real Than Non-Fiction
I wish you could have seen me in my garden while I was watering, nodding my head repeatedly during this conversation streaming its way through my earbuds. You two put into words what I have been sensing for a long time, and which I really had no language for.
I have made it a personal goal the last few years to stop purchasing and reading non- fiction, primarily because I realized I don't need more information, I need inspiration. The most astonishing title I've read in the last 2 years is the Elegance of the Hedgehog, a timeless story of sacrifice, overcoming and kindness, per Sarah Clarkson's recommendation. Thank you for all that the two of you do to encourage us towards pursuing truth, beauty and goodness as s a way out of the chaos.