[MD] The Word is Not the Thing

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Ron]
Did he express a FAITH that it was worthwhile? did he BELIEVE it was 
better to have enlightened a few at the cost of the confounding of many?

[Arlo]
Likely. The only other option is to not speak at all.

Art Spiegelman has a poignant scene in Maus expressing his similar 
concern. Spiegelmen is on his therapist's (Pavel) couch.

Pavel: Anyway, the victims who died can never tell THEIR side of the 
story, so maybe it's better not to have any more stories.
Spiegelman:Uh-huh. Samuel Beckett once said: 'Every word is like an 
unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.'
[There is a short silence as they contemplate this.]
Spiegelman: On the other hand, he SAID it

I think the Enlightened in all ages have had to deal with a similar 
conundrum. Even an artist-painter must contend with knowing that many 
will see her painting and see only the paint.