I am still travelling and look forward to picking up several threads at the
end of this week.
Leigh
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In speaking of lies, we come inevitably to the subject of the truth. There
is nothing simple or easy about this idea. There is no 'the truth,' 'a
truth' -- truth is not one thing, or even a system. It is an increasing
complexity. The pattern of the carpet is a surface. When we look closely,
or when we become weavers, we learn of the tiny multiple threads unseen in
the overall pattern, the knots on the underside of the carpet.
That is why the effort to speak honestly is so important."
--Adrienne Rich. (1979). "Women and honor: Some notes on lying, In her
On Lies, Secrets and Silence: Selected Prose, 1966-1978 (pp. 185-194).
New York: Norton.