All in on your journey through nostalgia, Stranger Things, Vader, and Conrad. Former longtime high school English teacher who has been a Ed prof teaching kids how to teach English and History in a very secular arena. It’s lonely but worthwhile work. I think the trip through the 80s is key due to the refinement culture we have been living in the past 20 years or so—everything looks and sounds the same. I’m 56 now and when I look at photos from 20 years ago, I don’t have grey hair but I’m dressed exactly the same. I think the 80s nostalgia trip shocks us out of the the flattened world we are now stuck in. I look forward to following you as you expertly uncover this! Thanks!
Your description reminds me of Paul's distinction between living a life in Flesh (materialism) and Spirit (faith, which enables one to see in a completely different way). And just as there are dark principalities in the spiritual world, so is there a dark side to the force in Star Wars: evil can align with higher evil, therefore preserving a certain degree of insight, although it is always limited by wishful thinking. That's how the imperator falls: he is just too sure that he is so powerful that he can control the situation; he's unable to see the power of the human spirit, the power of redemption.
All in on your journey through nostalgia, Stranger Things, Vader, and Conrad. Former longtime high school English teacher who has been a Ed prof teaching kids how to teach English and History in a very secular arena. It’s lonely but worthwhile work. I think the trip through the 80s is key due to the refinement culture we have been living in the past 20 years or so—everything looks and sounds the same. I’m 56 now and when I look at photos from 20 years ago, I don’t have grey hair but I’m dressed exactly the same. I think the 80s nostalgia trip shocks us out of the the flattened world we are now stuck in. I look forward to following you as you expertly uncover this! Thanks!
Your description reminds me of Paul's distinction between living a life in Flesh (materialism) and Spirit (faith, which enables one to see in a completely different way). And just as there are dark principalities in the spiritual world, so is there a dark side to the force in Star Wars: evil can align with higher evil, therefore preserving a certain degree of insight, although it is always limited by wishful thinking. That's how the imperator falls: he is just too sure that he is so powerful that he can control the situation; he's unable to see the power of the human spirit, the power of redemption.