On ritual

From this post that’s overflowing with potential rabbit holes. Also pay attention to the beautiful framing of things-brilliant writing:

Han Byung-Chul says that ritual is repetition without purpose, a way of founding community through shared uselessness. Performance seeks applause; ritual seeks duration. In the performance culture of the West, even grief must be productive, posted, monetised. In the ritual culture of the East, continuity is its own defence: the temple rebuilt, the porcelain recast, the festival repeated until memory becomes weather. Between them stands the modern remainder—too connected to vanish, too surplus to command.