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Erin
meaning must be compacted to be made recognizable, sometimes from nearly invisible particles. making meaning is like building a sand castle. when enough particles are clumped together…”lo suficiente”…the meaning becomes recognizable. a meaning ceases to... More »
Erin
OKC user X: I think any true Bodhisattva would never claim to be one. ________________________________________________________________ Finluiniel think whatever you will. ________________________________________________________________ OKC user X: do you claim to be one? ________________________________________________________________ Finluiniel i don’t think... More »
Erin
sometimes, if we’re really listening, and we want to communicate what we hear honestly, we have to abandon the usual words… these words have a gravitational pull–as simone weil defines gravity–drawing us to them when... More »
Erin
some thoughts as they were born: i must write a book about justice and practices of reading, demonstrating that justice is possible. we often fail to recognize injustices done to us, because we tend to... More »
Erin
i like to be alone because it spares me the chore of having to articulate my thoughts. sometimes being with people, talking (or not talking) to them, answering their questions exhausts me. buttressing with my... More »
Erin
to imagine is to construct in one’s mind. there is always a kind of separation of the imaginer from the imagined, in the way that sometimes, when one is dreaming, the dreamer observes the dream.... More »
Erin
Zen maintains a stance of “not one” and “not two,” i.e., “positionless position,” where “not two” signals a negation of the stance that divides the whole into two parts, i.e., dualism, while “not one” designates... More »
Erin
a piece of academic writing strives to make explicit to a discerning, skeptical reader exactly what is sufficient to allow that reader to understand and subscribe to the writing’s assertions. the institution of academic writing... More »
Erin
i suppose the platonic ideal of “communication” would be the successful making known of the weight and meaning of an idea. to ourselves as split subject or to others. in academic discourse or dinner conversation.... More »
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