It has been a solid week since I last posted anything, so it's about time for an update. This week has been pretty uneventful but a mild roller coaster; I've spent it either working on an essay (which I'm quite proud of, if I do say so myself), or relaxing with some Lost in Austen, or trying to block out some mildly distressing news as well as how far away from home I am. I've spent a lot of time on the fourth floor of the library and in my head, which is why I particularly enjoyed the ward temple trip to Preston, England, last Saturday, and then ceilidh dancing on Thursday night. It cleared my head of a few things. My mood right now: pensive.
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| Preston, England LDS temple |
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| From the morning drive through England. |
There is a part of me that wants to talk about how brilliant a lot of these Scottish thinkers are - I've been wrestling with them for most of the day, so they're on my mind. I was reading the transcript of a lecture given by David Daiches, and I felt an enlightening, like my mind was being lifted higher and higher. I had first encountered Mr. Daiches while reading Two Worlds for one of my classes, where he discusses growing up Jewish in Edinburgh, Scotland; I liked what he had to say then, and I love him - and hate him - now. In his writing, I see the buds of a few of my own thoughts in his, fully formed. I feel smarter for having read him, as if I have caught a little bit of his brilliance and it has settled onto me, enlightening and expanding my own mind a little.
This is one of the reasons I'm really starting to love academics: I feel like I'm finally getting the hang of it. (About time, with thesis to think about next year.)
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