“We who live here are microscopic insects existing deep down in the rabbit’s fur“

When I was ten I noticed a book on my brother‘s shelf called Sophie’s World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder. I thought, ‘cool, a book with my name in the title, I should read it’, obviously without any idea that it was to forever change the way I think, and ultimately the way I live. In chapter two, Albert Knox tells Sophie that most humans are buried in the fur of a (presumably elephantine) white rabbit which has just been pulled out of a hat by a magician. Philosophers are those who climb up the rabbit’s hairs to stare ‘into the eyes of the Great Magician‘ and try to understand the workings of the ‘trick’. Since reading that I’ve always tried to maintain perspective and to question life as if atop the hairs aboard the great rabbit of life(!)… This blog is a home for the (life-permitting) regular overspill of (copied, contradictory, inconclusive) thoughts, many related to music and being INFP and some decidedly not, from one little furry journey. Click here for the blog-warming post from Jan 1 2010.

About the Author

In the words of Sting, ‘I’m an English[wo]man in [Upstate] New York’, a cellist from Harpenden, UK, studying at Eastman School of Music, USA, and a music graduate of that ‘big school’ in Cambridge. My personality type is INFP (‘Dreamer’!). Aside from being surrounded by music, I’m happiest when… keeping café culture alive, dreaming of travelling (on my dream yacht), actually travelling (minus the yacht), photographing my travels, expanding my travel/ photography/ philosophy library, watching my tropical fish, improvising gluten-free recipes, hosting themed parties, taking long walks and swims, spending long evenings with wine, cheese and lovely people and, by no means last or least, airing contemplations through a bunny-inspired blog.

Please feel free to leave your comments – there’s always room for another perspective!

Sophie Gledhill