[MD] Mystics and Brains

[Heather Perella]

> [Craig] 
> My point is not that the two statements ALWAYS have
> the same meaning, only that SOMETIMES they can.
> CRAIG: (referring to a man chatting with a woman at
> a bar) "He's a wolf".
> ARLO:  "Why do you think he's nurturing of his
> young?"
> CRAIG:  "I don't.  I just meant "He's flirting with
> that woman".
> ARLO:  "When you say "He's flirting with that
> woman", are you speaking metaphorically?"
> CRAIG:  "No."

     Craig, society has analogies, too.  I also say
society is an analogy, but anyways... Society
understands itself due to societal analogies.  But do
a peace sign somewhere in the Americas Southern
Hemisphere, and your saying something akin to 'f-you'.


> [Arlo]
> > If I could tell you what they symbolize in
> "literal words", the art would be 
> > meaningless. They may serve to point towards
> different "things" for every 
> > person, but always the pointer is going outside
> the (any) symbolic system. 

     [Craig] 
> If what is symbolized is different for everyone and
> you can't say what it is, you don't have a symbolic
> system.

     As stated, society has analogies, too.  Make
everybody the same, and you'll have an army.  Make it
even more strict, change genetics and book learn
everybody the same exact stuff without any variance
and you might see the borg.  Intellect has analogies,
too, some art likes to stir the individuals current
intuitive experience, and thus, the longing question,
which may just be a matter of time; when will a
quality society emerge.  Some do keep coming back to
this forum (a society of people), which is
encouraging.

thanks.

red,
SA


 
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