Some thoughts come not from intention, but from encounter — a phrase, a meme, a misquote that stirs something deeper. What began as a passing glance at a questionable Rumi quote led, as these things sometimes do, into a dialogue on language, distortion, mysticism, and meaning. What follows is a shared tracing of poetic lineage — not just of words, but of what endures beneath them.
Tag: language
Language is a double-edged sword. It can illuminate or obfuscate, clarify or confuse, liberate or manipulate. We navigate a world of words that shape our understanding, yet too often, language is repurposed, distorted, and deployed as a tool of control. In this discussion, we unravel the depths of mislexemy and pseudosynonymy — concepts that, while often overlooked, have far-reaching implications for communication, critical thought, and societal perception.
Word play is fun. As the title suggests, the purpose of this essay is to delve into this grand concept. Nature, like reality, is a complex idea, an organic idea, a human necessity, and a word with multiple meanings. These concepts are expressed in our modern world in both life-affirming and perception-manipulating ways. I believe it’s critically important to be aware of this truth.
The times, there are a changin’. And quickly. Our individual and collective human expression, our story, is adapting, as it always does, but many are feeling disillusioned and disenfranchised by all the madness. The plandemic, fraud decades in the making, threw much of the modern world for a loop, the repercussions of which are still rippling out in all directions. AI is now suddenly in our face, in our phones, in our wallets, our offices, and our homes. Health and wellness is seemingly always under threat, by ourselves, and by manufactured extrinsic means, as disease, mutations, variants and epidemics are ubiquitous in the media. In this article, I delve a little into some of the main themes and concerns for our time, and explore perspectives, opinions, ideas and directions that may help to reframe aspects of our lives in a different light.
I was dreaming of being in a place that seemed to find the few of us survivors in a constant state of worry about our lives. It seemed rather dystopian.