From: Erin (macavity11@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Apr 24 2005 - 17:14:54 BST
Matt
Khaled:
I think this is the point DMB is trying to make. Sometimes big words and
concepts get in the way of seeing the truth. Philosophy is the life we
live.
ERIN: I don't mean to single you out when I say this Khaled because this has been a complaint towards Matt by others here. I just think it is a silly one though and I have three words for this complaint. GET A DICTIONARY.
TOM ROBBINS "Our world isn't made of earth, air and water or even molecules and atoms, our world is made of language," he says. "Can you imagine a school of architecture in which all the emphasis is on floor plans and roof lines but no attention is ever paid to the properties of stone and brick and lumber? Well our creative writing programs focus entirely on structure and generally ignore the inventory of words on which those structures have to be constructed. So that's one reason why so many of our novels are so verbally boring."
Paucity of language and imprecise speech may even contribute to mental illness, he suggests. "We use so much bad language that it forms a barrier between ourselves and the truth."
A long-time fan of the Seattle SuperSonics, he was once asked, on the air, why he prefers basketball over baseball and football.
"I said 'I prefer basketball to baseball and football because in basketball, no one expectorates.' He thought I was saying something dirty. He got really flustered and tried to cover it over."
"Consider Shakespeare - most of his plots or characters were borrowed or stolen from other sources, though what made him great was his astonishing genius for language. Shakespeare's long shelf life is due primarily to his love for words and the manner in which he expressed them. If it weren't for his language, Shakespeare would have just been another pretty plagiarist."
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