BurningbirdJust writing
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. What better way to get to the root of humanity’s global unconsciousness than studying linguistics. Combine this with humanity’s earliest attempts at communication and one can find the true root of male and female interaction, as explored in Cave Linguistica by David Salo: “Og like Nala”, “Me deer”, “Tiger eat Og deer, […]
The roots of the gnarly tree run deep. The untroubled tree grows straight and smooth, beautiful and proud treetops vanishing into the sky, towering over lessor beings. The gnarly tree rests close to the earth, and twists about from knocks and blows; rough skinned from exposure and bowed with time. The untroubled tree commands respect […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. When introducing the audience as a key component of weblog writing, Steve wrote: We’re not writing an account of our lives just as a record of our lives, we’re trying to say something about our lives, and that can’t be done if we stick only to ‘facts’: the facts that will […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I’m finding it difficult to respond to Steve’s earlier posting on ‘learning to read’, because there’s so much to say about it that I find myself stuck at the gates, not sure which way to respond. In particular, he’s raised an issue I’ve found myself sensitive to lately: the constraints audience expectations […]