What is the sublime and why are you currently interested in pursuing it?

Well, it's a philosophical concept that has a deep history.

It comes originally from an ancient Roman writer of Greek origin named Lumpgainas,

who kind of wrote the first tract on it called

Perry Upsos. He didn't use the word sublime, but the Roman Latin equivalent was something

very elevated, very high. And then it got picked up later on, particularly in the 18th century,

with Kant and Edmund Burke and other philosophers like that. And so I've kind of put a new

spin on the concept of the sublime or at least something that's a little bit more about who I am,

a little bit more unique to me. But the way I like to envision it is, human experience always involves a limit.

I like to use a metaphor of a circle.

And within that circle, there are codes and conventions that we humans are supposed to live by,

that govern our behavior, that even govern how we think.

And so those codes at conventions might change.

They're not the same as they were in ancient Egypt,

but they're always there.

There's always a limiting factor because that's how we live in a social environment, right?

We can't do or say anything.

So there's always these conventions

that limit our experience.

Sometimes that circle can get very narrow,

depending on the culture,

which I believe we're living in a cultural moment,

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