Currently I’m reading Nina Burton’s ‘Livets tunna väggar’ which translate to something like Walls of Life. It’s a book by a Swedish writer who inherits her mother’s summer house. When she wants to renovate it, she finds all sort of life around and in the house. She uses said life to teach you something about the intellect of various insects and animals, which goes deeper than humans normally think.
It’s a very interesting book that makes me think about non-human life even more. Creatures that are thousands of times smaller than we are have such complex societal structures. Humans have overcommodified animal life for centuries now, seeing them as property and commodities instead of complex and intelligent life forms.
What are you reading?
Getting back into Homer’s Odyssey. I read a kid’s version in 4th grade and didn’t realize how much I missed out on. Ancient Greek Mythology and Literature was a lot more sexual than I thought and the exposition makes a lot more sense when characters explain stuff pages at a time instead of just in small paragraphs. Spectacular work of art, can’t recommend it enough. Other than that, on my break at work I read through Mao’s Little Red Book 📕.