Enthralling Though Useless
The book on all this I'm contemplating, like a home planetarium or any crazy endeavor in life, seeks to find the enthralling within the ultimately useless. Nobody NEEDS a home planetarium. But then nobody needs a swimming pool unless they need physical therapy they cant get anywhere but at home that involves swimming. I always thought that the mark of great nonfiction was encapsulated in this idea - that the work or endeavor has utterly NO relevant or practical application in anyone’s life or problems. Building a planetarium is on the same continuum as a model railroad maybe, or any hobby done because it cannot NOT be done. Its an oxymoron or contradiction ultimately - we find a true passion in the useless. But I found that it DID have meaning in my life in myriad ways, like the myriad stars I would project. And like contemplating life around our star, the inevitable wondering was this … would it resonate with anyone else out there? On any of those other suns?
The book on all this I'm contemplating, like a home planetarium or any crazy endeavor in life, seeks to find the enthralling within the ultimately useless. Nobody NEEDS a home planetarium. But then nobody needs a swimming pool unless they need physical therapy they cant get anywhere but at home that involves swimming. I always thought that the mark of great nonfiction was encapsulated in this idea - that the work or endeavor has utterly NO relevant or practical application in anyone’s life or problems. Building a planetarium is on the same continuum as a model railroad maybe, or any hobby done because it cannot NOT be done. Its an oxymoron or contradiction ultimately - we find a true passion in the useless. But I found that it DID have meaning in my life in myriad ways, like the myriad stars I would project. And like contemplating life around our star, the inevitable wondering was this … would it resonate with anyone else out there? On any of those other suns?
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