Tapestry of Dreams, Golden Moments and Fanciful Thoughts Book

Tobias Jones,weary traveller,embarks on a journey to find an alternative life-style for him & his family in an increasingly soul-less contemporary world.He does not find the finished article in his sojourns in Italy & England,but he does initiate an intense scrutiny of just what it is that constitutes a successful community.In some passages,Jones goes far beyond the superficial descriptions of the people he meets & delves into the whole Western philosophical premise of materialist progress & individual sovereignty.I enjoyed,& was stimulated by,his questioning of the criteria for success most of us align our expectations with,& he draws the inevitable conclusion that simple pleasures are far more therapeutic than any number of expensive & meretricious alternatives;that there is more than dignity in a good days work in a vegetable patch than in a hot-desk,or merit in anyone with real experience to pass on,rather than the nasty, gaudy,commercialised 'experience' we mostly BUY into in the 21st century. An antidote to conspicuous consumption,this is modest self-sufficiency which liberates the soul.