tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post9168267164630802310..comments2023-10-31T04:56:00.798-05:00Comments on It Must Be the Vapors…: CUTTING ALONG THE SEEMSYodoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-49856068293695377882009-10-08T15:03:34.217-05:002009-10-08T15:03:34.217-05:00The problem is not in the word but in the fact tha...The problem is not in the word but in the fact that each communicator is pushing his own definition despite the one that defined it first. It would seem words are mini civilizations; prophesied to achieve a specific goal, naturally thwarted by human variationYodoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-50603242434400316642009-10-08T13:37:28.673-05:002009-10-08T13:37:28.673-05:00The word love could be viewed in the same way that...The word love could be viewed in the same way that Pirsig viewed quality - we all know what it is but we cannot explain it or quantify it.<br />But then why should we? Some things don't need explanation or definition; in fact, it is often the case that to define it is to destroy it.Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15637097897454660933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-54443496814574669422009-10-08T10:42:39.420-05:002009-10-08T10:42:39.420-05:00Cinnamon, You amaze me. I thought this was much mo...Cinnamon, You amaze me. I thought this was much more convoluted than the the last post, as evidenced by Troutsky's comment, but you seemed to "get" this one, and not the other. Ah, well, can't win 'em all. <br /><br />Trout, that's why I made the metaphor of words and thermoses: they can contain any context until someone tries to misunderstand, forgets the top/meaning lying on the table and lets your hotly contested ambient tangents do the misdefining.<br /><br />"“When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.”Yodoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-64812518299038628082009-10-08T10:00:57.049-05:002009-10-08T10:00:57.049-05:00I alss enjoyed the piece and love Love but I see l...I alss enjoyed the piece and love Love but I see language as a much more hotly contested arena than the thermos metaphor suggests. The word "culture" just fpr instance, is a battleground of opposing meanings. Try Liberty and Justice for All and see how many definitions you get!troutskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020298501632120830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-56722333302565552072009-10-07T15:48:38.419-05:002009-10-07T15:48:38.419-05:00I love language too- it is fascinatiing. I like yo...I love language too- it is fascinatiing. I like your analogy of the thermos flask.<br /><br />You write beautifully about love and what it can achieve :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-1950184747349721862009-10-07T14:47:02.667-05:002009-10-07T14:47:02.667-05:00I am indeed honored, having capture admitted by on...I am indeed honored, having capture admitted by one who could pen your tender, insightful "Mining" piece — very much from the same place as this one of mine.Yodoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-73858620150421405142009-10-07T08:32:44.724-05:002009-10-07T08:32:44.724-05:00wow. thanks for stopping by. really enjoyed this o...wow. thanks for stopping by. really enjoyed this one. words are my playground...but your thoughts on love are spot on that last paragraph captured me.Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com