Such Beautiful Writing

“I got out. The light and coolness that drenched me were like those of summer morning, early morning a minute or two before the sunrise, only that there was a certain difference.  had the sense of being in a larger space, perhaps even a larger sort of space, than I had ever known before: as if the sky were further off and the extent of the green plain wider than they could be on this little ball of earth. I had ot’out’ in some sense which made the Solar System itself seem an indoor affair. It gave me a feeling of freedom, but also of exposure, possibly of danger, which continued to accompany me through all that followed. It is the impossibility of communicating that feeling, or even of inducing you to remember it as I proceed, which makes me dispair of conveying the real quality of what I saw and heard.”

C.S. Lewis, from The Great Divorce, when he is first getting off the bus arriving at the edge of Heaven.

Also, give this song a listen. It’s been on my mind a lot lately and it’s excellent.

When they ask you what you’re thinking…say love. Say for me love.