The Lost Art of Lying in Bed | Literary Podcasts

The Lost Art of Lying in Bed | Literary Podcasts

Published: August 20, 2026

Duration: 7:59

Listen to episode 1148 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Lost Art of Lying in Bed. Edited and Adapted from an essay by G.K. Chesterton.

Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience, if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling. This, however, is not generally a part of the domestic apparatus.

I have fancied that it might be accomplished with several buckets of paint and a broom. But if one worked in a really sweeping and masterly way, and laid on the...