Replying to LO31097 --
but which ideas? we began with fear, hunger, sex drive. words
came from noises which meant danger, lust, something not genteel,
something not sophisticated. i believe in the power of words, but
not words like 'monadicty' or any of its cousings. why do we not
speak plainly to each other, particularly here, where language is
our only means of understanding each other. i do not see you,
Andrew, a thing very different than saying 'i see you' to one of
my friends. this academic need of western man to find new words,
to find more complexity in places where there is none makes me
fear for knowledge, for intellectuality. can you read Baudelaire
and understand all of the innuendo? can you read Goethe and
understand all of the history with which he surrounded his words?
can you understand the poetry of Garcia-Lorca without understding
his choice of mates and political friends. to hell with
essentialities. to man with essen! tials. before we befuddle
mind with language more, we must clarify and forget our academic
aspirations. man loves to be understood. superman loves to be
ununderstandable. i don't like Nietzsche.
Z
John Zavacki
systhinc@msn.com
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have
ended up where I intended to be."
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>Hello dear Don,
>
>I sometimes see the world as a great eye, blinking in cycles,
>though these
>cycles are not all 12 hour, ''on'' ''off'' cycles, but are
>uncountable cycles
>of lightedness and darkedness, from which streaming much arises.
>
>In the PPt file are four pages. They all derive from a single
>cycle of
>creativity. No.I is the only one ;-) in a cycle of inumerables;-)
>...it is (they
>are) like a conveyor. The four are part of a one whole series,
>one that i have
>only just begun to co-create, for a cycle of essays, for a
>project titled,
>"Educational Insights". They were begun a few days ago in London,
>the continue as i
>move.
>
>[Host's Note: Andrew's .ppt file is at
>
> http://www.learning-org.com/docs/LO31097_InSpiritusAnge.ppt
--"systhinc Zavacki" <systhinc@msn.com>
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