Socrates purportedly said that “the unexamined life is not worth living”. In this essay, A few words about words, we go from seeing words as representations, not life, and finally allowing us an entry into things to consider in making our own lives richer and more consequential. Interspersed with thought-provoking quotes, we go on a journey from me to us. There was a line from a TV show, the truth is out there, This essay also suggests the truth is within us, if we are willing to find it. This opened a portal to rethinking my life. Socrates would be proud!
Hi Neil...I appreciate your clear reading. In the very first post I set up Socrates as a fall guy. I somehow knew we'd need him. Look forward to hearing more as the portal opens.
I think you and I spend. lot of time in the same dilemma, Richard. We KNOW that words are not the thing. And yet we're reduced to using words to describe the THING. The challenge to explain the mystery which cannot be explained never stops niggling. At least that's my dilemma. How to find the UNWORDS that evoke the THING-NESS. Acting Human.
I do feel that way. Although ironically, these covid years have taught me to "see" into people on Zoom. Thanks to sequestering, I have students on every continent, and in fact eight people are traveling from various continents for a meet-up-and-hug session -- people who have learned to know and love each other virtually. So, for me it's also something about the heart -- eyes and ears of the heart -- that doesn't require proximity. Space and time don't hold the same weight they used to.
Socrates purportedly said that “the unexamined life is not worth living”. In this essay, A few words about words, we go from seeing words as representations, not life, and finally allowing us an entry into things to consider in making our own lives richer and more consequential. Interspersed with thought-provoking quotes, we go on a journey from me to us. There was a line from a TV show, the truth is out there, This essay also suggests the truth is within us, if we are willing to find it. This opened a portal to rethinking my life. Socrates would be proud!
Hi Neil...I appreciate your clear reading. In the very first post I set up Socrates as a fall guy. I somehow knew we'd need him. Look forward to hearing more as the portal opens.
I think you and I spend. lot of time in the same dilemma, Richard. We KNOW that words are not the thing. And yet we're reduced to using words to describe the THING. The challenge to explain the mystery which cannot be explained never stops niggling. At least that's my dilemma. How to find the UNWORDS that evoke the THING-NESS. Acting Human.
As they say in Blighty, you are 'bang on,' Connie. A dilemma, indeed.
Writing widens the chasm. When we see deep into each others eyes our heart sense enlivens the mystery. Do you feel that way, too?
I do feel that way. Although ironically, these covid years have taught me to "see" into people on Zoom. Thanks to sequestering, I have students on every continent, and in fact eight people are traveling from various continents for a meet-up-and-hug session -- people who have learned to know and love each other virtually. So, for me it's also something about the heart -- eyes and ears of the heart -- that doesn't require proximity. Space and time don't hold the same weight they used to.
I get "seeing in" on Zoom. Long story to tell about love in virtual space.
No question that physical proximity ain't what it used to be :)