The planet yearns to communicate, and all nature is in fact language. We are somewhat anesthetised to this by our very introspective cultural style. Our whole focus of attention is inward, and so the natural world has fallen silent for most of us. Jean Paul Sartre said: ?Nature is mute.? That, sadly, captures perfectly modernity?s relationship to nature, but still -- if that isn?t the lamest statement made by a twentieth-century philosopher, I don?t know what is - Terence McKenna,
A Mundane Comedy is Dominic Kelleher's new book, which will be published in mid 2024. The introduction is available here and further extracts will appear on this site and on social media in the coming months.