http://www.entropy.in/what-is-reality/ Both what you run from and what you yearn for are within you Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:02:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.entropy.in/what-is-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Melinda Fri, 25 May 2007 17:03:58 +0000 http://mybanyantree.wordpress.com/2007/05/20/what-is-reality/#comment-31 In 'The Spell of the Sensuous', David Abram posits that with the development of written language, humans came to live in a world of their own construction, isolated from the basic meanings and interactions of existence and from the reality of the natural world. He's a philosopher and magician. I found it a deeply impactful read. I strive in my life to go beneath the constructs of words and thought to experience the natural world as it is. As a poet, I paradoxically use words to convey the hidden and unspoken experiences that I have. As an artist I endeavour to combine images and words. In ‘The Spell of the Sensuous’, David Abram posits that with the development of written language, humans came to live in a world of their own construction, isolated from the basic meanings and interactions of existence and from the reality of the natural world. He’s a philosopher and magician. I found it a deeply impactful read. I strive in my life to go beneath the constructs of words and thought to experience the natural world as it is. As a poet, I paradoxically use words to convey the hidden and unspoken experiences that I have. As an artist I endeavour to combine images and words.

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