Glacial Erratics

Broken Images

January 19, 2004

My step-dad sent me the following RobertGraves? poem. I think it points to one of the fundamental divisions that come up in abstract conversations.    (2I1)

  In Broken images    (2I2)
  He is quick, thinking in clear images;
  I am slow, thinking in broken images.    (2I3)
  He becomes dull, trusting to his clear images;
  I become sharp, mistrusting my broken images.    (2I4)
  Trusting his images, he assumes their relevance;
  Mistrusting my images, I question their relevance.    (2I5)
  Assuming their relevance, he assumes the fact;
  Questioning their relevance, I question the fact.    (2I6)
  When the fact fails him, he questions his senses;
  Whe the fact fails me, I approve my senses.    (2I7)
  He continues quick and dull in his clear images;
  I continue slow and sharp in my broken images.    (2I8)
  He in a new confusion of his understanding;
  I in a new understanding of my confusion.    (2I9)

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