WORD
Most people are
obviously far more
anxious to express
their approval
and disapproval of
things than to
describe them.
Hence, the tendency of
words to
become less
descriptive and more
evaluative. C.S. Lewis
Descriptive (aesthetic)
or Evaluative (ethic),
you say
terrific awesome ignorant logical
reasonable OMG
***
The Bookocracy is done for, if not over.
Post literate,
neo-oral: a book’s not the
frigate no more and on-the-same-page
is
just a manner of speaking about a manner
of speaking referencing olden days, good
old daze: gone but the melody lingers on.
Can you hear me now? READ
says my
colleague’s lintel door post. Toeing the line.
Listen. Hark. Oyez. Obey. I’m talking to you.
Media is the Message. Not the message.
Context’s the Text, not the text.
Background is Figure,
not figure.
Liberal Art, not the liberal arts.
Play’s the thing.
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