Maria Balaska is a research fellow at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, and Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Her most recent book is Anxiety and Wonder: On Being Human (2024). She lives in London.
Wonder and the sublime
idea
The most profound wonder is stirred by what is most ordinary
Rare moments of wonder at the mere existence of things – rather than the dramatic or new – involve perceiving with the soul
by Maria Balaska