The tyranny of ideology

Psychotherapeutic counsellor and novelist Sebastian Beaumont chooses his top ten books about psychological journeys in The Guardian. Discussing Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Beaumont comments

"We can never step outside ideology, but Pirsig makes it clear that if we really face it, we can radically reduce its tyranny."

The tyranny of ideology: the phrase encapsulates several ideas that have preoccupied me recently albeit in a very vague and inarticulate way. Beaumont's comment has crystallised those ideas, given me a focus that has been absent for so very long. Funny how one sentence, one simple combination of words, can kickstart long-dormant creativity.

I must go write.