“Everything might scatter. I suppose it’s something we can’t easily get away from. People need to feel they belong. To a nation, to a race. Otherwise, who knows what might happen? This [civilization] of ours, perhaps it’ll just collapse.” – Kazuo Ishiguro
The “new normal” is not the normal I was expecting.
I’ve thrived in structure my entire life, and now, like many others, I feel lost in a world that has waylaid Gestalt. The book I am currently reading, We Were Orphans, by the author attributed in the quote above, seems apropos in light of the events occurring across this country since last Monday.