diane writes:
>i have to admit, the more institutionally-skilled i became in language,
>the more critical that question seemed.
>in the end, i had to choose writing: it's what i do. and 'acceptance' and
>to what can i commit? words= i can commit to words, but in actions -
>eeesh. a very messy thing.
writing is an activity.
thinking is an activity.
both have socio-historical aspects.
both shape learning, but in different ways---
i think both are constraints (or restraints, Bateson's term) in that they
support/afford some types of making meaning while they limit or deny
others.
i think it's interesting, diane, that you constrast a committment to words
with actions---
are you referring to making a committment in writing(words) and then
finding a difference in the enaction of that committment? (walking the
talk, as it were)
or something else?
kathie
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Words are the thunders of the mind.
Words are the refinement of the flesh.
Words are the responses to the thousand curvaceous moments---
we just manage it---
sweet and electric, words flow from the brain
and out the gate of the mouth.
We make books of them, out of hesitations and grammar.
We are slow, and choosy.
This is the world.
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Mary Oliver - The Leaf and the
Cloud
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Katherine_Goff@ceo.cudenver.edu
http://ceo.cudenver.edu/~katherine_goff/index.html
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