David Clarkson
November 27, 2016
Till we have Faces

"It was as if my father's sickness had drawn away some prop and the whole world-all the world I knew- had fallen to pieces. I was journeying into a strange new land. It was so new and strange that I could not that night, even feel my great sorrow. This astonished me". (Till we have faces 106). This is a very mysterious and thought provoking couple of lines. Here in a time where he would normally be thinking about his father's sickness, at least that is what he seems to be assuming, he is overtaken by the eerie surroundings he finds himself in. He is completely overtaken by the circumstances. I'm trying to think of a time where I have had a similar feeling, and I'm struggling to do so. Maybe it is because at the times I've found myself in unfamiliar circumstances, I haven't really had anything else should have been worried about besides my current situation.  However, you wonder if he is almost grateful to be where he is, knowing that otherwise if he were not there he would be in sorrow over his familiar circumstances.