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Tag Archives: Language
Words and More Words
I often find myself participating in conversations wondering what the point of all of it is. Sometimes words and phrases just seem like trivial mouth sounds put forth as a desperate plea for the silence to stop. “Oh, you like blue? …How interesting! … Continue reading
Doubt and Freedom
In a normal social interaction, an action usually provokes a single and consistent reaction. Social behaviors are matters of custom. In the Real World, into which we awake and generally spend most of our time, social action and reaction are second nature. Of … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial, Nonsense
Tagged behavior, choices, doubt, freedom, individuality, Language, society
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Behind the Iron Curtain: Belarus
I recently had the fortune of traveling to the last dictatorship in Europe: Belarus. For those of you who don’t know the Who, What, Where, When, Why, or How of Belarus, allow me to share: Belarus is medium-sized European nation … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Belarus, Europe, History, Language, Lithuania, Mickiewicz, National Identity, Poland, Rus, Russia, Soviet, travel, USSR, World War II
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Lacanian Paradise
I am neither a psychologist nor a theologian. But like you and everybody else throughout human history, I do my best to make sense of it all. Your best is all one can really ask for, since we are born … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial
Tagged Adam and Eve, Bible, Christianity, Eden, Genesis, Lacan, Language, linguistics, Original Sin, Psychology, Theology
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Profanation of the Sublime
(Warning: this entry has strong language, but it’s all for a point. If you’re sensitive to strong language, regardless of the point, please stop reading. That’s right, I’m looking at you, Mom.) We live in two different worlds: the world … Continue reading
Posted in Art Music and Literature, Editorial
Tagged art, classical music, cussing, Language, pornography, profanity, sublime, sublimity, swear words, vulgarity, wildflowers
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Gravity is Everywhere
Allow me to take you to Wrocław, Poland circa 2008. As is the case with many of my anecdotes, this one took place during my youthfully irresponsible days backpacking around Europe. Oh how blessed was the epoch of self-negligence… Poland had … Continue reading
Loss for Words
“Words cannot describe…” “I’m struggling to find the right words…” “Words fail me…” “It’s hard to explain…” The experience of being unable to verbalize a thought, sensation, or experience is terrifying to me, and I’ll tell you why: it reminds … Continue reading
Posted in Art Music and Literature
Tagged expression, Language, linguistic psychology, linguistics, lolcats, perception, reality
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