Hello everybody,
I've really enjoyed the discussion conducted by Fiona and John on
language/text/signalling and so much else. Suprised however at finding
myself distressed at the suggestion that there cannot be experience without
language. How can this be known? Or, to be trivial, do you know how to tie
your laces? If so, how linguistic is this knowledge? Do those with
language problems experience less than those without same?
As someone who continues to entertain hopes of learning thanks to everyone
who gave suggestions as to teaching texts.
And Allen's et al's posts on process were a real tonic. Life enhancing.
Way back when there was mention of the analytic poem. Here's one recipe.
Assemble a list of short quotes from
Cosmology/geology/herbalism/instructions on backs of packets/Middle
English/cookery books. No need to break into a sweat over this. Flip open
whatever books are at hand at random and stick a pin in the page.
Disable the syntax, if any.
Write a couple of paragraphs about different personal experiences. Retain
only phrases which commit you to nothing e.g. "he looked at ", "almost a year".
Shuffle the deck a few times.
Write it down in three line stanzas 4 cm wide. (3x4=12, hence numerology
gets a cameo.)
How can you go wrong!
Best wishes
Randolph.
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