Posted by kendricks on January 08, 2001 at 17:45:29:
In Reply to: Buddy, Can You Spare a Paradigm.... posted by KRICO on January 08, 2001 at 15:24:45:
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In general, we grow up believing that the world view dominant in our homes, and culture, is "reality". Most people never get past this point. For those that do, the discovery that "everything you know is wrong" is inevitable - no matter what you think you know. After a number of such epiphanies, we may reach a point where we realize that although "the truth is out there", we will never experience the totality of it, and will always be stuck, to some degree, to viewing reality through the filter of our own experience and prejudices. On a more tangible note, I shared the amazement you felt when "they" were first able to understand the foreign words coming out of my mouth. Now that I am able to think and converse fairly fluently in Spanish, I have realized that there are some thoughts that simply cannot adequately be expressed or communicated in my native tongue. Where am I now? Somewhere between here and there. I have never completely been a part of anything, nor have I ever been a complete outsider. Maybe I'll just spend the rest of my double life on the fringe, wavering between something resembling normalcy and degeneracy, indulging in both as the moment dictates (if ever forced to make an absolute choice, I think I'll have to opt for degeneracy, though - I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, as the song goes . . . ) Of course, most of the normals would likely already classify me as an utter degenerate, if half the truth should ever be told - but, I have found that leading a double life makes it easier to travel in both worlds. Is any of this coherent???? Orale carnal, kendricks
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