'But I don't want to go among mad people,' said Alice. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the cat. 'We're all mad here.' ~Lewis Carroll
Ok, ok… I know I’ve been doing a lot of writing about authors lately. Our trip has centered around writers and works from the British Isles so… bear with me if you can!
This window was installed in Christ Church in Oxford by Lewis Carroll. It looks a great deal different from any other window you will find in Christ Church, let alone other cathedrals throughout Europe. Most windows tell Biblical stories. These stories are great, but Lewis Carroll, whose nonsense writings defines the genre, frequently bent the traditional story-telling rules.
What if no one ever bent the rules? How dull would the world be? What if Jesus hadn’t bent the traditional religious practices of his day? What if everyone acted like everyone else? I don’t think I could stand it. We need some rule breakers to expand our imaginations. Not harmful, abusive rule breakers, but the kind that look at normality and laugh. The kind of people that say normality is relative. Thinking outside of the box may get a person ostracized, but what would happen without new thoughts and ideas? Thank God for Alice, Wonderland, and the Looking Glass.
By the way, Lewis Carroll was a devout Catholic... not a drug addict.
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