Awfully Big
Jan. 24th, 2026 09:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphilo The world is so deliciously low, so physical, so slow, so immersive- that it's easy to forget- as many do- that other worlds exist.
What shall I compare it to?
How about one of those exercises where the players are dropped off in the wilderness without phone or map or compass and very few tools or rations with the aim of surviving and- a tall order, this- somehow winning back to civilisation.
Why would anyone submit to it?
Because we love difficulty.
Becaise we love challenge.
Because we love discovery.
Same reason that Shackleton went to Antarctica and people still climb Everest.
"You could die you know."
To which I would return Peter Pan's answer, "Death would be an awfully big adventure...."
What shall I compare it to?
How about one of those exercises where the players are dropped off in the wilderness without phone or map or compass and very few tools or rations with the aim of surviving and- a tall order, this- somehow winning back to civilisation.
Why would anyone submit to it?
Because we love difficulty.
Becaise we love challenge.
Because we love discovery.
Same reason that Shackleton went to Antarctica and people still climb Everest.
"You could die you know."
To which I would return Peter Pan's answer, "Death would be an awfully big adventure...."
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Date: 2026-01-24 03:54 pm (UTC)