Humpty Dumpty

[Otto]

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From: "Terrance" <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: Humpty Dumpty
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>
> Otto wrote:
> >
> > No, the world is not a text. The world is chaotic energy in different
forms.
> > But you and I can only speak about the world in the form of some text,
ie
> > some kind of representation.
>
> And when my apprentice is sitting on his ass with his thumb in his mouth
> and I'm up on a ladder, a mouth full of nails, and I kick a rung so as
> to cause the mud to be loosened from the soles of my boots onto his
> daydreaming skull is that chaotic energy in  different form (the world)
> or my speaking about the world in which I want my apprentice to get off
> his ass and get me another piece of lumber?

Depends on the apprentice how he interprets it. Does he get the message or
not?

Otto