Reflecting upon Carver's short story Cathedral, I realized that all humans beings seek for a Cathedral in life. What do I mean by that? I mean that all human beings are expecting to get something that makes them feel somewhere else. Something that makes them feel in calm, cozy and pleased. Something which was just made for each of us. It can be a place, a person, or a situation which you would never reject of facing, because the pleasure of facing it is enormous.
A Cathedral can be the perfect place for you. A cathedral makes you feel out of the mainstream world. A cathedral makes you forget how miserable your life is; and the problems you are going throw. Although, the pleasure of being there is limited, it helps you to take a rest from the outside world without going away from it. A cathedral is the Oasis in the dessert. It is a placebo for your soul.
I am pretty sure, that you all bloggers are having a stressful week. Full of tests to sit, projects to hand in, presentations, etc. But you all want to get done with it soon in order to feel free and do the things that really makes you happy. Things that makes you forget that you are a busy and miserable undergraduate student, who cannot experience life as it is, because university is a barrier which hinders people from having a life.
Nevertheless we all have moments in which we can connect with our inner selves. Moments that sometimes last a bit, but can feed our souls.
Which would be your moment/ place/ thing/ person? Which would be your Cathedral?
I am attaching mine = )
Impressive, stuning, magnificent, wide, calm, Chilean, mine. The Atacama Desert ( Playa de Rodillo, Caldera, Region de Atacama)
This is an interesting theory. Personally, when I read the short story I didn't really get the meaning of the Cathedral. Now I can see it in the way you depict it, as something very personal and meaningful.
ResponderBorrarNow, would it be possible to have many Cathedrals? I think of my hometown, Santa María, the only place where I can really feel home; Valparaíso and its vast and calm sea; Chiloé and his magical surroundings.
If a person can also be a Cathedral, then my family is the first thing that comes to my mind.
Yes, university and work can be a burden sometimes, but it is important to remember the places and people in which we can find peace. Our personal Cathedrals.