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1 | words | ||
2 | and | ||
3 | meaning | ||
4 | how | ||
5 | astonishing | ||
6 | it | ||
7 | is | ||
8 | that | ||
9 | language | ||
10 | can | ||
11 | almost | ||
12 | mean | ||
13 | / | ||
14 | and | ||
15 | frightening | ||
16 | that | ||
17 | it | ||
18 | does | ||
19 | not | ||
20 | quite | ||
21 | jack | ||
22 | gilbert | ||
23 | opens | ||
24 | his | ||
25 | poem | ||
26 | the | ||
27 | forgotten | ||
28 | dialect | ||
29 | of | ||
30 | the | ||
31 | heart | ||
32 | in | ||
33 | a | ||
34 | similar | ||
35 | vein | ||
36 | hass's | ||
37 | meditation | ||
38 | at | ||
39 | legunitas | ||
40 | states | ||
41 | a | ||
42 | word | ||
43 | is | ||
44 | elegy | ||
45 | to | ||
46 | what | ||
47 | it | ||
48 | signifies | ||
49 | these | ||
50 | poems | ||
51 | get | ||
52 | to | ||
53 | the | ||
54 | heart | ||
55 | of | ||
56 | language | ||
57 | and | ||
58 | express | ||
59 | the | ||
60 | old | ||
61 | duality | ||
62 | of | ||
63 | thought | ||
64 | by | ||
65 | giving | ||
66 | a | ||
67 | word | ||
68 | to | ||
69 | an | ||
70 | entity | ||
71 | it | ||
72 | is | ||
73 | both | ||
74 | tethered | ||
75 | and | ||
76 | made | ||
77 | meaningful | ||
78 | words | ||
79 | are | ||
80 | the | ||
81 | inevitable | ||
82 | byproduct | ||
83 | of | ||
84 | an | ||
85 | analytic | ||
86 | mind | ||
87 | humans | ||
88 | are | ||
89 | constantly | ||
90 | classifying | ||
91 | and | ||
92 | reclassifying | ||
93 | ideas | ||
94 | objects | ||
95 | animals | ||
96 | people | ||
97 | into | ||
98 | ten | ||
99 | thousand | ||
100 | arbitrary | ||
101 | categories | ||
102 | a | ||
103 | favorite | ||
104 | saying | ||
105 | of | ||
106 | mine | ||
107 | is | ||
108 | that | ||
109 | everything | ||
110 | is | ||
111 | everything | ||
112 | a | ||
113 | tautology | ||
114 | that | ||
115 | i | ||
116 | like | ||
117 | because | ||
118 | it | ||
119 | gets | ||
120 | to | ||
121 | the | ||
122 | core | ||
123 | of | ||
124 | the | ||
125 | human | ||
126 | linguistic | ||
127 | machine | ||
128 | and | ||
129 | because | ||
130 | every | ||
131 | time | ||
132 | i | ||
133 | say | ||
134 | it | ||
135 | people | ||
136 | think | ||
137 | i'm | ||
138 | being | ||
139 | disingenuous | ||
140 | but | ||
141 | what | ||
142 | i | ||
143 | mean | ||
144 | by | ||
145 | everything | ||
146 | is | ||
147 | everything | ||
148 | is | ||
149 | that | ||
150 | there | ||
151 | is | ||
152 | a | ||
153 | continuity | ||
154 | to | ||
155 | existence | ||
156 | that | ||
157 | works | ||
158 | beyond | ||
159 | or | ||
160 | rather | ||
161 | underneath | ||
162 | our | ||
163 | capacity | ||
164 | to | ||
165 | understand | ||
166 | it | ||
167 | through | ||
168 | language | ||
169 | language | ||
170 | by | ||
171 | definition | ||
172 | compartmentalizes | ||
173 | reality | ||
174 | sets | ||
175 | this | ||
176 | bit | ||
177 | apart | ||
178 | from | ||
179 | that | ||
180 | bit | ||
181 | sets | ||
182 | up | ||
183 | boundaries | ||
184 | as | ||
185 | to | ||
186 | what | ||
187 | is | ||
188 | and | ||
189 | is | ||
190 | not | ||
191 | a | ||
192 | stone | ||
193 | a | ||
194 | leaf | ||
195 | a | ||
196 | door | ||
197 | most | ||
198 | of | ||
199 | the | ||
200 | time | ||
201 | i | ||
202 | think | ||
203 | of | ||
204 | language | ||
205 | as | ||
206 | limiting | ||
207 | as | ||
208 | defining | ||
209 | a | ||
210 | thing | ||
211 | as | ||
212 | the | ||
213 | inverse | ||
214 | of | ||
215 | everything | ||
216 | is | ||
217 | not | ||
218 | in | ||
219 | this | ||
220 | way | ||
221 | everything | ||
222 | is | ||
223 | everything | ||
224 | becomes | ||
225 | everything | ||
226 | is | ||
227 | nothing | ||
228 | which | ||
229 | is | ||
230 | another | ||
231 | thing | ||
232 | i | ||
233 | like | ||
234 | to | ||
235 | say | ||
236 | and | ||
237 | something | ||
238 | that | ||
239 | pisses | ||
240 | people | ||
241 | off | ||
242 | to | ||
243 | me | ||
244 | infinity | ||
245 | and | ||
246 | zero | ||
247 | are | ||
248 | the | ||
249 | same | ||
250 | two | ||
251 | ways | ||
252 | of | ||
253 | looking | ||
254 | at | ||
255 | the | ||
256 | same | ||
257 | point | ||
258 | on | ||
259 | the | ||
260 | circle | ||
261 | of | ||
262 | numbers | ||
263 | of | ||
264 | the | ||
265 | universe | ||
266 | whatever | ||
267 | maybe | ||
268 | it's | ||
269 | because | ||
270 | i | ||
271 | wear | ||
272 | an | ||
273 | analogue | ||
274 | watch | ||
275 | and | ||
276 | so | ||
277 | my | ||
278 | view | ||
279 | of | ||
280 | time | ||
281 | is | ||
282 | cyclical | ||
283 | or | ||
284 | maybe | ||
285 | it's | ||
286 | some | ||
287 | brain | ||
288 | trauma | ||
289 | i | ||
290 | had | ||
291 | in | ||
292 | vitro | ||
293 | but | ||
294 | whatever | ||
295 | it | ||
296 | is | ||
297 | that's | ||
298 | how | ||
299 | i | ||
300 | see | ||
301 | the | ||
302 | world | ||
303 | because | ||
304 | i'm | ||
305 | working | ||
306 | against | ||
307 | the | ||
308 | limitations | ||
309 | that | ||
310 | language | ||
311 | sets | ||
312 | upon | ||
313 | us | ||
314 | i | ||
315 | think | ||
316 | that's | ||
317 | the | ||
318 | role | ||
319 | of | ||
320 | the | ||
321 | poet | ||
322 | or | ||
323 | of | ||
324 | any | ||
325 | artist | ||
326 | to | ||
327 | take | ||
328 | the | ||
329 | over-expansive | ||
330 | experience | ||
331 | of | ||
332 | existing | ||
333 | and | ||
334 | to | ||
335 | boil | ||
336 | it | ||
337 | down | ||
338 | boil | ||
339 | and | ||
340 | boil | ||
341 | away | ||
342 | until | ||
343 | there | ||
344 | is | ||
345 | the | ||
346 | ultimate | ||
347 | concentrate | ||
348 | at | ||
349 | the | ||
350 | center | ||
351 | that | ||
352 | is | ||
353 | what | ||
354 | the | ||
355 | poem | ||
356 | talks | ||
357 | around | ||
358 | at | ||
359 | etc | ||
360 | but | ||
361 | never | ||
362 | of | ||
363 | because | ||
364 | it | ||
365 | is | ||
366 | ultimately | ||
367 | made | ||
368 | of | ||
369 | language | ||
370 | and | ||
371 | cannot | ||
372 | get | ||
373 | to | ||
374 | it | ||
375 | a | ||
376 | poem | ||
377 | is | ||
378 | getting | ||
379 | as | ||
380 | close | ||
381 | as | ||
382 | possible | ||
383 | to | ||
384 | the | ||
385 | speed | ||
386 | of | ||
387 | light | ||
388 | to | ||
389 | absolute | ||
390 | zero | ||
391 | to | ||
392 | god | ||
393 | while | ||
394 | knowing | ||
395 | that | ||
396 | it | ||
397 | can't | ||
398 | get | ||
399 | all | ||
400 | the | ||
401 | way | ||
402 | there | ||
403 | and | ||
404 | never | ||
405 | will | ||
406 | a | ||
407 | poem | ||
408 | is | ||
409 | doing | ||
410 | this | ||
411 | and | ||
412 | coming | ||
413 | back | ||
414 | and | ||
415 | showing | ||
416 | what | ||
417 | happened | ||
418 | as | ||
419 | it | ||
420 | happened | ||
421 | exegesis | ||
422 | is | ||
423 | hard | ||
424 | because | ||
425 | a | ||
426 | really | ||
427 | good | ||
428 | poem | ||
429 | will | ||
430 | be | ||
431 | just | ||
432 | that | ||
433 | it | ||
434 | will | ||
435 | be | ||
436 | the | ||
437 | most | ||
438 | basic | ||
439 | and | ||
440 | best | ||
441 | way | ||
442 | to | ||
443 | say | ||
444 | what | ||
445 | it's | ||
446 | saying | ||
447 | so | ||
448 | attempts | ||
449 | to | ||
450 | say | ||
451 | the | ||
452 | same | ||
453 | thing | ||
454 | differently | ||
455 | will | ||
456 | fail | ||
457 | a | ||
458 | poem | ||
459 | is | ||
460 | a | ||
461 | kernel | ||
462 | of | ||
463 | existence | ||
464 | it | ||
465 | is | ||
466 | a | ||
467 | description | ||
468 | of | ||
469 | the | ||
470 | kernel | ||
471 | it | ||
472 | is | ||