lebedev
"If a thousand people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
wordswe each define words for ourselves...
and the more we hear words and the more we see them, the clearer those definitions become... sure we largely use others' definitions to influence and define ours', but we pick and choose whose definitions we believe... we need to better define words... we need to teach immutable definitions to these words we use so immutably, so irretractably...
perhaps there are too many words... perhaps there is too little instruction... too many are too intimidated by the scope of words... by their sheer numbers... a comprehensive knowledge of words seems only for the "elite"... the geeks... the scientists... the privileged few... the gifted few... but we all have comparable brains... we are all gifted...
everyone should have an understanding of every word at their disposal... every word in their arsenal... to not be aware of such things is a crime. words are the most important and useful things we can know. they define us... and we define them...
we evolved from wordless beasts... we have become wordful beasts... and until we evolve into uber-zen-enlightened-guru-mofos, we will need our words... we must learn to interpret our symbols better... a red light should be as a brick wall... the word "love" should be as a mountain... or an ocean... we must learn to relate each word to a feeling... a unique feeling, but a shared one...
we totally miss the mark with our words... as symbols we misinterpret them because there is no uniform, clear interpretation... as tools we misuse them out of an ignorance in ways to maximize their efficiency... it is like possessing a great wealth but having nothing to spend it on... we need to share the wealth... the few who have it must share it constantly... how can someone spend fifteen years in a "school" and come out of it talking like a fucking idiot? our "schools" are broken... our "societies" are broken... our "civilization" is broken... but words can fix them all...
words are not hollow, unimpressive, intangible things-- when they are sincere... but we must mutually understand the meaning of sincerity before we can come to practise it with each other... we must understand what we are doing in order to act efficiently... words lead to comprehesion (in tribes such as ours'-- maybe not so much on individual levels...) and words express comprehension... the understanding of words should be passed down and augmented through the generations... like electricity, steel-- things like that... instead words just breed more words while peoples' understanding of them remains constantly stunted... literacy rates are misleading... most people scrape by with a handful of words... how can we express the calleidoscope of thoughts in our mad, mad brains with a handful of words??
it’s like trying to portray a world of colour in black and white... it’s like trying to play a game of soccer with a stone... it's like trying to fuck with your pants on... those are words we can all understand, no doubt.
and the more we hear words and the more we see them, the clearer those definitions become... sure we largely use others' definitions to influence and define ours', but we pick and choose whose definitions we believe... we need to better define words... we need to teach immutable definitions to these words we use so immutably, so irretractably...
perhaps there are too many words... perhaps there is too little instruction... too many are too intimidated by the scope of words... by their sheer numbers... a comprehensive knowledge of words seems only for the "elite"... the geeks... the scientists... the privileged few... the gifted few... but we all have comparable brains... we are all gifted...
everyone should have an understanding of every word at their disposal... every word in their arsenal... to not be aware of such things is a crime. words are the most important and useful things we can know. they define us... and we define them...
we evolved from wordless beasts... we have become wordful beasts... and until we evolve into uber-zen-enlightened-guru-mofos, we will need our words... we must learn to interpret our symbols better... a red light should be as a brick wall... the word "love" should be as a mountain... or an ocean... we must learn to relate each word to a feeling... a unique feeling, but a shared one...
we totally miss the mark with our words... as symbols we misinterpret them because there is no uniform, clear interpretation... as tools we misuse them out of an ignorance in ways to maximize their efficiency... it is like possessing a great wealth but having nothing to spend it on... we need to share the wealth... the few who have it must share it constantly... how can someone spend fifteen years in a "school" and come out of it talking like a fucking idiot? our "schools" are broken... our "societies" are broken... our "civilization" is broken... but words can fix them all...
words are not hollow, unimpressive, intangible things-- when they are sincere... but we must mutually understand the meaning of sincerity before we can come to practise it with each other... we must understand what we are doing in order to act efficiently... words lead to comprehesion (in tribes such as ours'-- maybe not so much on individual levels...) and words express comprehension... the understanding of words should be passed down and augmented through the generations... like electricity, steel-- things like that... instead words just breed more words while peoples' understanding of them remains constantly stunted... literacy rates are misleading... most people scrape by with a handful of words... how can we express the calleidoscope of thoughts in our mad, mad brains with a handful of words??
it’s like trying to portray a world of colour in black and white... it’s like trying to play a game of soccer with a stone... it's like trying to fuck with your pants on... those are words we can all understand, no doubt.
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