“Dive into a sea of thought, and find there pearls beyond price.” –Moses Ibn Ezra quote
Posts by Cogito E Sum
Nov 15
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“It does not require many words to speak the truth.” –Chief Joseph quote
A few simple words to live by…
“Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here.” –Ramakrishna quote
Our metaphorical treasure ship, Idling Well, is currently straddling the International Date Line, so the stem and the stern are located in different calendar days. Where is our hero? Here and now, he’s in the ship’s indoor-outdoor theater of imagination, screening a seriously funny philosophical movie.
“One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.” –Sophocles quote
Iconish is the new lingua franca. Everyone understands it. There is no risk of miscommunication. Now we can all just get along.
“Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.” –Marilyn vos Savant
“The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.” –Edward R. Murrow
“Stop the words now. Open the window in the center of your chest, and let the spirits fly in and out.” –Rumi quote
“Who on earth would claim that the pearl expresses the oyster?” –C. Day Lewis quote
The Autobiography of an Oyster
Following my narrow escape from the naked pearl diver, I thought it was safe to apply another layer of nacre to the irritant lodged in my shell like the seed of an idea. Alas, the naked pearl diver’s naked sister stayed my retreat, and together they hauled me up from the seabed and rolled me along the wet sand, shouting, “Everybody, come and see what we’ve got!”
I risked a peak, and just as I’d feared, all the naked pearl divers were descending on me. So I clammed up.
But then I thought, “Why deny my destiny? Why not adorn the breast of a queen and ransom a king? Why not be auctioned at Sotheby’s and snatched from Topkapi? Why not come out of my shell and illuminate the legends of the naked pearl divers?”
To make a long story short, I didn’t have to think twice. And, except to write my autobiography, I’ve never looked back.
“What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come about by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an Oyster!” -Anatole France quote
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