Thin Places: Nature heals trauma in intricate Derry memoir
Can the Irish border be described as a ‘thin place’? Never have I read such an eloquent description for the omnipresent border in our psyche. A ‘thin place’ is an odd expression for those unaccustomed to it; the term means somewhere where life and death each feel a little closer. These places, the Kerri ní Dochartaigh writes, “are so thin that you meet yourself in the still point”. In other words, they refract our sense of place, often allowing us to consider where we are — both physically and spiritually — in a more meditative way. Each of us has felt it; it’s a stillness ...
Source: independent.ie
