I wonder if the personification of the immaterial, as well as idolatry, is a consequence of the disregard for the person. Or perhaps the distinction between spirit and body prevents the whole person from being perceived. German has an interesting word, “Gestalt.” I think it was used to define a kind of psychological perspective. But, in everyday use, it refers to something more substantial, an entity as it is perceived. “Gestell,” refers to structure and/or posture. What in English might be called body language. In either case it is a unified whole composed of components that are visually perceived.
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To take up residence on Canal Road.

Now it is a univrsity and the environs have been despoiled with wrecked vehicles.

The place where I thought I’d die 57 years ago today. Her father asked what time our daughter was born and I could not tell him. Because after a day and a half on the maternity floor without food or water, I was near delirious and they put me under anesthesia to deliver the baby. When I woke several hours later, she was in the nursery and very pink and bald.
At least, when they brought me a tan baby with dark hair in the middle of the night, I was able to tell them that was the wrong one. The nurse checked the wrist bands and took the bundle away. Then they would not let me leave the hospital until I had evacuated my bowls. So, I spent about a week in the Columbia Hospital for Women, which is now a condominium.

Imitation is obviously a natural behavior that promotes the acquisition of ptactical information and promotes social cohesion.
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The grass my uncle would not let me cut has all been concreted over and the vacant garden lot on the west side has a big building.

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A cursory review of psychological concerns suggests that, absentstrategies to secure cures, the medical professions have become hooked on diagnosis and diagnostic testing. I was steuck by that during the first year of the pandemic whne testing was all the rage and hardly anyone seemed bothered by the fact that only 8-10% were positive and, apparently, not relevant to transmisability. Perhaps I was jaundiced by my recent experience with the cardiologist whose tests suggested a defective heart valve and “confirmed” the Afib I was already aware of. His attitude suggested that he had really achieved something in coming up with his diagnosis.
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The monastic life appeals to me because I really like solitude, early morning and contemplative days.
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I’ve always been an outsider. Was comfortable as such. Married a consummate insider to compensate, only to discover that the insider was not comfortable in that slot.
Regardless, I had figured the daughter of bridge-builders would have something in common with the son of smiths. And so it is.
Still. Outsiders and glad to be.