Jean-Léon Gérôme, "Prayer in the Desert" (1864) [oil on panel]
the labor of writing is not that of trying to get the words out of oneself, as if it were an exorcism. it is instead a matter of trying to find one's place within the words. this immersion is difficult because we do not know how to rest.
while the anorexic desires nothing as if it were something, the ascetic desires even less and thereby attains the Whole.
an individual: a shadow of what one is meant to be
whoever desires the infinite but sets aside the finite will only find themselves mired in finitude because they have insisted that the infinite is limited. but the one who immerses themselves in the finite will find it transfigured and every limit removed.
war: the belief that death is a greater good than peace
a standing army that sits unused is a waste. a standing army that is used is a waste.
a definition of theology: thinking through sin in the hope of salvation
-LoA
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