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[Jun. 16th, 2004|08:52 am] |
//re: John Wills
links to the page of a dead poet grow dead |
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| metaphors as non-understanding |
[Jun. 16th, 2004|10:11 am] |
Some time ago I listened to the tapes of Arnold Weinstein's "Using literature to understand the human side of medicine", and it was extremely interesting to follow his insights into the process of our changing perception of healing, coping with the prospect of death, and the death itself. But one thing struck me as a very succinct observation: we metaphorize what we don't understand.
I would add that we also metaphorize what we have difficulty to deal with. It is sometimes amazing to see how people try to escape into a metaphor instead of making the effort to learn, understand, and change. It is a scary thing - knowledge, you can hardly undo it, and it keeps pushing you into doing things that are right there on the threshold of you abilities.
Another aspect of this idea is that when you talk to people who don't understand, you have to speak in metaphors. Otherwise you are running the risk of trivializing their experience. You almost have to convert knowlede into a play of recognizable vague, but plausible, symbols, similes, and parables. This is art. The reverse process is science. |
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| haiku #317 |
[Jun. 16th, 2004|11:38 am] |
a childless woman
bare for the camera
alone
this is old stuff. just thought it would fit this picture really well |
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| my favorite american haikus. John Wills |
[Jun. 16th, 2004|04:09 pm] |
in an upstairs room
of the abandoned house
a doll moongazing
последнюю строчку перевести не могу, поэтому вот такие варианты:
на чердаке
заброшенного дома
луна и кукла
на чердаке
заброшенного дома
портрет уставился в луну
p.s. в последней строчке первое ударение должно быть на второй слог. |
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[Jun. 16th, 2004|10:32 pm] |
выбыл из ЖЖ до примерно 28-го июня. привет!
will be back somewhere around the 28th. ciao! |
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