"A man breaking his journey between one place and another at a third place of no name, character, population or significance, sees a unicorn cross his path and disappear. That in itself is startling, but there are precedents for mystical encounters of various kinds, or to be less extreme, a choice of persuasions to put it down to fancy; until--"My God," says a second man, "I must be dreaming, I thought I saw a unicorn." At which point, a dimension is added that makes the experience as alarming as it will ever be. A third witness, you understand, adds no further dimension but only spreads it thinner, and a fourth thinner still, and the more witnesses there are the thinner it gets and the more reasonable it becomes until it is as thin as reality, the name we give to the common experience... "Look, look!" recites the crowd. "A horse with an arrow in its forehead! It must have been mistaken for a deer."
This is, indeed, a great view and creative analysis about the essence of what is being called common experience and common opinion...
ReplyDeleteIndeed, foti mou, the quote you have put up is very meaningful. The more people come to share what you see as unique, the more this uniqueness fades and loses all its lustre.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, enough with introspection. To more important things. The Eurovision song contest is coming up. I, ofcourse, luuuuuurrrrve the sone. But I am sure this come as no surprise to anybody. Do you think we will win this year? These are the type of questions that the young minds of today should be occupied with. Instead, some young people I know-names shall not be given-only care about independent cinema, Gadaffi, and Syria.
SHAME ON YOU.
Oh! I almost forgot. Was not the wedding excellent. I only regret not being outside Westminster Abbey to cheer for my future King & Queen. As long as Queen lizzy is happy, I am. Bless her. She called me after the wedding and she was in tears of joy. She thanked me for all my support. I bowed-although she could not see me as I was on the other end of the phone-and told her it was my duty as her humble servant.
At last, Bokos takes up the reins of the blog
ReplyDeleteIt seems that the English Royal Wedding had great influence to the professor, so it driven him to participate, after all this time, to his own blog-therapy! Many thanks to William, to the Princess and of course to her sister Pipa...
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