5/27/2023 0 Comments It was in my pocket![]() ![]() Among Chesterton’s several thousand articles included one called “What I Found In My Pocket,” which was an examination of the (possible) meaning of pocket lint and other effluvia of life. Chesterton without being aware of it is a strange fascination with pocket lint. As a whimsical person whose sense of wonder at life has also come at the price of disorientation and eccentricity, I can appreciate Chesterton’s quirkiness.Īmong the interest I share with G.K. He was clumsy and absent-minded, and had a deep love of the innocence of children as well as a delightfully odd sense of humor that included making up a fictional society for the encouragement of rain in England, which is almost like creating a society for the encouragement of rain in Portland, entirely unnecessary but also whimsical. He was rotund, with a childlike sense of wonder at the world, a tendency to be disoriented and not very sure at all where he was supposed to be, a prolific writer with a gentle and self-effacing sense of humor, and someone whose tendency to reflect and muse on existence extended to any and all areas of life. I know that I myself find a great deal in Chesterton’s life and practice that mirrors my own life. ![]() Lewis and many others, as well as a fantastically prolific writer of considerable wisdom and staggering productivity (something I suppose I can relate to), he is a man who deserves to be better appreciated and remembered by those of us who often unawares toil on in his footsteps without recognizing the influence that his thought and mindset has on our lives, or in how closely we may resemble him. This name may be unfamiliar to many people, but as an inspiration to C.S. Among the more enjoyable pleasures of reading Mansfield’s Book Of Manly Men was the discussion of the life and personality of C.K. ![]()
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