“Who would think of dusting or sweeping the cobwebs down in a room used for the storage of cans and newspapers—things utterly without value? Sylvie only kept them, I think, because she considered accumulation to be the essence of housekeeping, and because she considered the hoarding of worthless things to be proof of a particularly scrupulous thrift.” What is housekeeping? Indeed, what is a home? Given the title, it is not a surprise that Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping is a reflection on … [Read more...] about Going Home
Marilynne Robinson
Do You Know Your Own Mind?
Do you know your own mind? More interestingly, does anyone else know your mind? Now add the subgroup: do scientists know your mind? Does modern science provide an adequate understanding of the human mind? Marilynne Robinson’s Absence of Mind is a reflection on that topic. First, though, it is worth noting the curiosity of this book and author combination. Robinson is best known as a novelist. (Gilead is a very good novel. Perhaps, fifty years from … [Read more...] about Do You Know Your Own Mind?