"My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, above all, to make you see." -- Joseph Conrad (1897)
Mad Mike I meant you gave me the technical know-how to signify it in print (which was very cool), probably the amazing Dr. Rebecca Saunders at Illinois State University first prompted me to understand "being" as "becoming" and to re-conceive my self (effectively crossing out various negative versions of myself and working toward constructing new ways of being/meaning/understanding)
I am still a little confused, what did you mean by "Mad Mike I meant you gave me the technical know-how to signify it in print" I am at a loss as to what technical know-how you are talking about. You seem happy with it anyway so that is good in my view.
Mad Mike--I may be mistaken, but i thought it was you that answered my question on the html code to do the crossing out of words... if not, I am grateful to the person that did...
Lokigr--I like language, I like playing with it, I love language, twisting and wrapping and shaping, this is why I do this (teach, write, blog, study, conversation). In fact I almost think of writing as lovemaking (probably Derrida's influence)... the intercourse of discourse.
The problem isn't the way we state our message (although I agree with Lakoff that it is important for us to be aware of our cognitive framing), it is more the empty promise of a bankrupt democratic party that can't "imagine" a true alternative to the conservative right. Even more important than learning to re-frame our messages we need to move genuinely radical messages into the public realm ... in other words if they are going to bar us from the stage we need to bum-rush... it is the effective domination of a monological worldview (framed as a dualistic system--good and bad) that fails to see the multitude of differances and desires that are out there that makes it impossible for many people to "imagine" a better world.
Yes, I definitely use some jargon and I often make-up words concepts--but you know what think of all the technologies/concepts/words that were not around 20 years ago... think how easily people adapted to these radical technological changes? The people (however you want to define them) are much smarter than so-called experts give them credit for being. We are constantly learning anew, becoming instead of just being, and we will spread new meanings once we quit chasing distracting butterflies...
Yes, if you use complicated language and obtuse jargon to appear intelligent or set yourself apart that is correct, but when studying language and operations of culture, one must be able to deconstruct words and theorize new meanings?
I assume that the readers/visitors at this blog are very educated (in various ways--real life experience, formal education, and there own creative ventures) and thus I just let my language go where it will assuming that we are not afraid to ask questions (notice my frequent willingness to expose my ignorance about technical issues)
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Did I? I hope that is a good thing :)
I did too at first.
Mad Mike I meant you gave me the technical know-how to signify it in print (which was very cool), probably the amazing Dr. Rebecca Saunders at Illinois State University first prompted me to understand "being" as "becoming" and to re-conceive my self (effectively crossing out various negative versions of myself and working toward constructing new ways of being/meaning/understanding)
I am still a little confused, what did you mean by "Mad Mike I meant you gave me the technical know-how to signify it in print" I am at a loss as to what technical know-how you are talking about.
You seem happy with it anyway so that is good in my view.
Mad Mike--I may be mistaken, but i thought it was you that answered my question on the html code to do the crossing out of words... if not, I am grateful to the person that did...
Lokigr--I like language, I like playing with it, I love language, twisting and wrapping and shaping, this is why I do this (teach, write, blog, study, conversation). In fact I almost think of writing as lovemaking (probably Derrida's influence)... the intercourse of discourse.
The problem isn't the way we state our message (although I agree with Lakoff that it is important for us to be aware of our cognitive framing), it is more the empty promise of a bankrupt democratic party that can't "imagine" a true alternative to the conservative right. Even more important than learning to re-frame our messages we need to move genuinely radical messages into the public realm ... in other words if they are going to bar us from the stage we need to bum-rush... it is the effective domination of a monological worldview (framed as a dualistic system--good and bad) that fails to see the multitude of differances and desires that are out there that makes it impossible for many people to "imagine" a better world.
Yes, I definitely use some jargon and I often make-up words concepts--but you know what think of all the technologies/concepts/words that were not around 20 years ago... think how easily people adapted to these radical technological changes? The people (however you want to define them) are much smarter than so-called experts give them credit for being. We are constantly learning anew, becoming instead of just being, and we will spread new meanings once we quit chasing distracting butterflies...
Mad Mike--I found out the problem it was "really pissed off progressive Mike" who gave me the technical advice... fixed the kudos.
Thanks for the link to the hawk sanctuary!
Yes, if you use complicated language and obtuse jargon to appear intelligent or set yourself apart that is correct, but when studying language and operations of culture, one must be able to deconstruct words and theorize new meanings?
I assume that the readers/visitors at this blog are very educated (in various ways--real life experience, formal education, and there own creative ventures) and thus I just let my language go where it will assuming that we are not afraid to ask questions (notice my frequent willingness to expose my ignorance about technical issues)
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