Banality Kills: How To Keep It At Bay By Not Staying Away

An all-too-true story that afflicts all of us

Photo by Andrew Neel

A few years ago, I started a personal crusade against banality. Beforehand, I hadn’t signalled it out as a worthy enemy. However, once I looked for it, I found it to be present in everything I didn’t like. Fortunately, long before I was aware of its dangerous nature, I was somehow…