marginally related aside

[Eslacaja at aol.com]

In a message dated 97-05-02 05:27:06 EDT, you write:

>> "Truths are illusions which we have forgotten are illusions; they are
>> metaphors that have become worn out and have been drained of sensuous
>> force, coins which have lost their embossing and are now considered as
>> metal and no longer as coins"
>>   ---Friedrich Nietzsche        

i forget where this passage comes from --
but check out Mark Taylor's _Disfiguring_ (art, architecture and religion)
specifically the chapter "Currency"
Taylor plays on this quote, the concept of currency, gold, etc.

dT one more time
--ash