"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way," William Blake wrote in his most passionate letter. To name something is to instate it in the family of things, to make it a node in the relational web we call reality.
"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way," William Blake wrote in his most passionate letter.
To name something is to instate it in the family of things, to make it a node in the relational web we call reality.
A word can be a pinhole, pinching a vista of complexity… read article
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"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way," William Blake wrote in his most passionate letter. To name something is to instate it in the family of things, to make it a node in the relational web we call reality. A word can be a pinhole, pinching a vista of complexity… read article
A word can be a pinhole, pinching a vista of complexity… read article
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