From ecda49e0b20ad3bd52449356dccf2f8095ecfb70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 21:49:45 -0700 Subject: Flatten directory structure All content files (*.txt, *.html, *.river) are now in /. I did this to simplify the compilation step, and to make linking easier. I'm still thinking about whether I should move the contents of js/, img/, and lua/ into /, or into an 'assets' folder of some sort. We'll see. --- words-meaning.river | 470 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 470 insertions(+) create mode 100644 words-meaning.river (limited to 'words-meaning.river') diff --git a/words-meaning.river b/words-meaning.river new file mode 100644 index 0000000..25772d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/words-meaning.river @@ -0,0 +1,470 @@ + +how +astonishing +it +is +that +language +can +almost +mean +/ +and +frightening +that +it +does +not +quite +jack +gilbert +opens +his +poem +the +forgotten +dialect +of +the +heart +in +a +similar +vein +hass's +meditation +at +legunitas +states +a +word +is +elegy +to +what +it +signifies +these +poems +get +to +the +heart +of +language +and +express +the +old +duality +of +thought +by +giving +a +word +to +an +entity +it +is +both +tethered +and +made +meaningful +words +are +the +inevitable +byproduct +of +an +analytic +mind +humans +are +constantly +classifying +and +reclassifying +ideas +objects +animals +people +into +ten +thousand +arbitrary +categories +a +favorite +saying +of +mine +is +that +everything +is +everything +a +tautology +that +i +like +because +it +gets +to +the +core +of +the +human +linguistic +machine +and +because +every +time +i +say +it +people +think +i'm +being +disingenuous +but +what +i +mean +by +everything +is +everything +is +that +there +is +a +continuity +to +existence +that +works +beyond +or +rather +underneath +our +capacity +to +understand +it +through +language +language +by +definition +compartmentalizes +reality +sets +this +bit +apart +from +that +bit +sets +up +boundaries +as +to +what +is +and +is +not +a +stone +a +leaf +a +door +most +of +the +time +i +think +of +language +as +limiting +as +defining +a +thing +as +the +inverse +of +everything +is +not +in +this +way +everything +is +everything +becomes +everything +is +nothing +which +is +another +thing +i +like +to +say +and +something +that +pisses +people +off +to +me +infinity +and +zero +are +the +same +two +ways +of +looking +at +the +same +point +on +the +circle +of +numbers +of +the +universe +whatever +maybe +it's +because +i +wear +an +analogue +watch +and +so +my +view +of +time +is +cyclical +or +maybe +it's +some +brain +trauma +i +had +in +vitro +but +whatever +it +is +that's +how +i +see +the +world +because +i'm +working +against +the +limitations +that +language +sets +upon +us +i +think +that's +the +role +of +the +poet +or +of +any +artist +to +take +the +over-expansive +experience +of +existing +and +to +boil +it +down +boil +and +boil +away +until +there +is +the +ultimate +concentrate +at +the +center +that +is +what +the +poem +talks +around +at +etc +but +never +of +because +it +is +ultimately +made +of +language +and +cannot +get +to +it +a +poem +is +getting +as +close +as +possible +to +the +speed +of +light +to +absolute +zero +to +god +while +knowing +that +it +can't +get +all +the +way +there +and +never +will +a +poem +is +doing +this +and +coming +back +and +showing +what +happened +as +it +happened +exegesis +is +hard +because +a +really +good +poem +will +be +just +that +it +will +be +the +most +basic +and +best +way +to +say +what +it's +saying +so +attempts +to +say +the +same +thing +differently +will +fail +a +poem +is +a +kernel +of +existence +it +is +a +description +of +the +kernel +it +is -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81