“Whereas I once believed that the decadence of the West could only be turned around through politics and intellectual dialectics, I am now convinced that authentic renewal can only emerge out of the imaginative visions of the artist and the mystic. This does not mean that I have withdrawn into some anti-intellectual Palace of Art. Rather, it involves the conviction that politics and rhetoric are not autonomous forces, but are shaped by the pre-political roots of culture: myth, metaphor, and spiritual experience as recorded by the artist and the saint.” – Gregory Wolfe
I like his thinking.
LionAroundWriting,
Same here. And he’s right. After umpteen years of political activism, I can see that.
An interesting and refreshing approach. Nothing moves in isolation.
Woebegone but Hopeful,
So true! First the spirit, then the mind and body.
I believe this, too. We can only emerge through our humanity. I write about the human condition, that is my angle.