Wet Words: a taste of post-structuralism
The mind is a powerful part of being. It is the interpreting lens by which the vessel of our existence understands phenomena. How it reads events is determined by the indefinable self that is always molding words to life, making sense of the insensible. Thinking and existence (however you define the term) involve participating in an ocean of discourse of which the surface of the water is never the same, never fixed. Language is as variable as the waves, driven by the unpredictable surge of the sea and the push and shove of the whispered wind. Language is the water on which we walk in understanding existence.
Where is meaning and what is joy; what do you think?
Do we mold words to life or life to words? If we didn't create the term/concept "exist", would people differentiate between living and existing. Ponder that, if you will...
The Cynical Christ Follower said... March 11, 2009 at 2:05 AM
It seems intuitive that there are no actions, words, or conversations that have not been made possible by historical circumstance. No words are created independent of other words.
Whatever we're talking about boils down to whether or not mankind created language. It's an interesting proposition to say God created language. But even a lot of God believers would be skeptic of that.
You can't mold life to words if the context of history molds the whole of the possible library of actions and words you may perform.
R.A. Vicens said... March 11, 2009 at 7:14 AM
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