The Enigma of Grief & The Sublime

What is it about those moments of breathtaking beauty within our lives that make them so elusive to description?

In this book, we shall argue that we know the answer. And it is this: such moments must defy description: were they not so resistant they'd fail their own birthing. Their nature stands apart from problem-solving. It is, instead and indeed, one of enigma. Breathtaking beauty, the sublime, is an experience of enigma.

And here we go further: the same is true of, lives at the heart o...