Posts tagged ‘silence’

The secret within

November 10th, 2008

Or: The power of silence

i wish i knew or understood this, but i neither understand nor do i know how to deal with it. meaning can be poison, and meaning can kill. there may be power in words, but there is even higher power in what is not said if you allow it any meaning.
one: the white flag

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No exit

May 13th, 2006

It was forbidden.
It could not be avoided.
The observing system looked at any construction from outside and
Remade it anew.
The building was never completed.
Eternity did not submit to construction.
There was no exit except in silence.

Louis H. Kauffman: What is a number?
Cybernetics & Systems (1999) 30: 113-.

Wenn uns ein paar Worte fehlen

April 4th, 2006

Das oft Wunderbare an Dichterinnen und Dichtern ist die Buntheit der Worte, die sie finden, wenn ihnen ein paar Worte fehlen.

The Man Who Couldn’t Blog

March 14th, 2006

How do you say nothing? How do you explain silence? Can you paint no colors? What could illustrate the unknown? Can one lie?

What would a blogger blog about his inability to blog? The Man Who Couldn’t Blog likes to tell you in his blog but he can’t blog which is why he can and why his blog is such a marvelous blog about no blogging.