Exhausted by optimisation, I’m seeking solace in the past. As Sibelius’s swans soar skywards, so do my spirits | Joseph Earp

Humans have always been capable of transcending the lock box of daily life with little more technology at their side than wood, string, a baton and their voices At this fundamentally exhausting moment in human history, we find ourselves slap bang in the middle of a progress arms…

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