Kelley:
> i suppose, but as a non-poet, the only time i've been motivated to "sing"
> poetry have been when i'm in love--and once when i was quite angry with
> someone. 'sides, if you take any of the pomos seriously, it ought to be wrt
> one issue: the self...a couple...an affinity group...a community...all
> founded on lack.
>
> conscious self-reflection--awareness of the self and of others--is made
> possible in the same way a mirror can reflect: there is a silvering, a
> foil, that we can never get behind. as such, there is a lack, something we
> cannot capture for it forever slips out of our grasp--slip sliding along
> the signifying chain.
It's just the mind. One can supposedly learn to turn it off when it's not needed, just as one turns off the kitchen light when going out the back door for an evening walk.
-- Gordon