Landscapes of the Sacred-Chelsea Gilbert

"Dorothy Day once said: The more common something becomes, the more holy it is." (Lane 65) I disagree with this statement. I think that the less frequent something is seen or tred upon, the more sacred it is. If a waterfall was to become the most popular vacation spot in the world, you would probably not want to travel there to be alone and find relaxation or comfort. I think the more holy places are ones like a field, a mountaintop, a body of water, or a church. It doesn't have to be the place where the most people are, you can find spiritual presence anywhere. The only thing holiness depends on is the lengths that we go to find it. One of the four axioms says that sacred place is an ordinary place, ritually made extraordinary. I do believe this concept is true, and if it is then Dorothy Day's statement would make sense. However, I don't see how it would make a place more holy. The number of people in a place shouldn't affect how special or spiritual it would be. Spirituality can occur anywhere.