This post’s “message” will be a series of statements and questions designed to massage various parts of your mind and heart; but, first, just a bit of explanation:
I keep a list of possible blog posts.
I was just looking that list over.
I realized that most of the posts would need a lot of explaining before I could get to the meat of the matter.
I agree with the “experts” who say blog posts should generally be on the short side of long…
So, I want to use this post to get my regular readers ready for a series of posts. I’ll also use it as a reference-link in certain posts for folks new to the blog.
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All of us use words but most of us don’t stop to consider how they were created.
Most of us do most of our thinking with words.
Without words, human communication would be a rather bleak endeavor :-)
There are words that point to emotions–like “hate”–and then there are words that convey emotions–like, “She drove the knife deep into his groin.”
Emotions can either cloud the meaning of words or add color and light…
Many people feel thoughts and emotions are usually antagonistic.
Some people think emotions are the source, or at least the goad, of thought.
The rational mind (with the sometimes aid of its cousin, the emotional mind) is the creator of every object surrounding you, including the words you just read…
Some words (and the thoughts they summon) refer to states and forces that can never be directly sensed. One example: you can define “integrity” and you can say things like, “John, in spite of his feelings and in the face of terrible risk to his life, continued to publish what he saw as the truth.”, but can you actually see, smell, or taste integrity?
Where do words exist when they’re not on the page?
Where do emotions happen?
Why does so much of what’s important in life seem to resist simple definition?
Is the metaphysical realm a fantasy or can there be metaphysical realities?
Are there entities and forces that exist beyond human sensation?
Does any of this matter in reading, writing, and publishing??
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It’s funny you posted this. I was just poring over the word “jingoism.”
I try to make an effort to use words that have common connotations, as well as correct meanings. Sometimes it’s difficult to find the correct word, or a more correct word.
Words are a very slippery commodity…
You said: “It’s funny you posted this.”
Perhaps, to use a special word, it’s not so much funny but more synchronistic…
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