Tag: knowledge

From lunacy to truth

 George Bernard Shaw quotes 
 From www.searchquotes.com

Bottoms,tops, vision and the gorgons

 

As I have been talking about seeing the world anthropomorphically in an earlier post .for example I mainly mentioned as in seeing  the front of a house like   a face especially the windows and doors it came through my mind that the places in the body where things pass in and out are very important in Freudian thought..But he did not include the eyes or ears.After the mouth it was the sexual and excretory organs which he focused on.The back of our house did have a door into a little yard where we had a toilet…but I never thought of the house as having a bottom where unneeded stuff is eliminated…. so the analogy does not work so well

Now in some fairly recent writing there is developing more thought about the relationship  of mother and child by vision which is a “distant” contact unlike sucking  milk.But it’s very important and in my child’s mind the eyes of the house ,that is the windows were the most significant feature.

Gaze… the loving gaze of another,or even a loving smile in a photograph can be so heart warming..And of course,there is the gaze of the Gorgon which turns people to stone.I am sure we all know something about the horrible and harmful gaze,the glaring eyes,the judging eyes.I will put a link here later because I was reading that some people are so traumatized by such a cruel gaze in early life they become afraid of going out.to  a lesser extent teenagers become very sensitive to their appearance and fear not being dressed suitably.For women this continues when they attend special events.

 

So the eyes of others can bring joy or woe though  that may be based on fantasy… what we imagine people think.

So put  on something really weird today and boldly go where no one has gone before…

into Church wearing a bearskin rug and a lampshade…take your phone too in case you need your solicitor ..

Fear gaze no more…alas people are not so interested on the whole.and try not to glare at people.Some people have very penetrating eyes so please if you have send me a photo and I shall give you a score…… with the Gorgon being 10 and a baby being 0…After that you may decide to wear sunglasses all the time

And  a question…. can a house have a gaze like a Gorgon?

Anthropomorphic ideas and further thoughts about living

From here
An·thro·po·morph·ic /ˌænθrəpəˈmoɚfɪk/ adjective
1 : described or thought of as being like human beings in appearance, behavior, etc.
▪ a story in which the characters are anthropomorphic animals

2 : considering animals, objects, etc., as having human qualities
▪ anthropomorphic beliefs about nature

The reason I have posted this is that I know as a child I saw chairs and tables and houses a living beings.And the windows were eyes,the door a mouth.When I was looking up where the word “door” originated it came  a thousand years ago from the word for mouth.So human beings did see the way I used to see….and no doubt further back that’s why they saw trees inhabited by living spirits for example.Everything was alive and had a personal quality.That could be frightening if you saw storms and gales that way.Maybe at some level we do still think that way and ascribe motives to the beings in the storm who want to harm us

Some people still believe in demons but I don’t.Epileptics were regarded ad possessed by demons until quite recently.

I prefer different language…. it’s a way  of attacking other people saying they are possessed by demons, which I object to.

And it creates problems .by saying that you push afflicted people away.Some folk say that because demons are mentioned in the Bible they must exist.Well,remember much of what was written was explained in ways accepted then as they knew nothing of the medical science we know now.Even great prophets can only use the concepts which exist  in the era in which they live.And also translations alter the meaning inadvertently.The Bible was not written originally in English.

The problem of evil and whether there is an evil principle as an opponent of God is very complex  and wondering about does not to my mind help me to live better .I trust in God whatever that means.

Pronunciation – Why is the ‘w’ silent in “sword”? – E at the English Language and Usage

pronunciation – Why is the ‘w’ silent in “sword”? – English Language and Usage.

This is a useful site.I enjoy looking things up.As I suspected the w at the beginning of WRONG used to be pronounced in the past.It’s old Anglo-Saxon or Norse..I wonder how many scholars learn these now?

 

Is knowledge like food?

They say a  little knowledge is a dangerous thing yet a great deal  is good.Is knowledge unique in this matter of size?  A little is bad a lot is good…… maybe like kissing?

Many times though, it’s good to know just enough.Then you have to define “enough.”

Is knowledge a bit like food?

How do you know when you have [had] enough?After being sick a few times that will  prove a test….can knowledge make you sick?People certainly though you could have too much book learning,like Hamlet