Monday, January 24 ~ Banter 8 ~ Truth

6:30pm @ the standard spot

I’ve been staring at the shape above for the past few hours, and though the interior angles appear to add up to 360°, I’m just not sure…

"Atheists, then, are denied not only certain knowledge of the external world, but also knowledge of mathematics and all ‘eternal truths’." 

-response to Descartes (click on yellow words for more detail)

Tingo

Pascuense (Easter Island) – Hopefully this isn’t a word you’d need often: “the act of taking objects one desires from the house of a friend by gradually borrowing all of them.” 

Phillip Lopate as "Truth" & at his feet, "Love"

Truth is tall and rather unconventional looking.  He has golden hair and a short beard.  He does not like statistics and is not particularly concerned about facts, but he loves a good story.  He chronicled the contemporary film scene for a while.  He quit when his reviews started being quoted out of context.  Though he never hides what he feels, by nature he is gentle and not at all sarcastic.  However, he does have a fierce temper.  He has observed that people who only listen with one ear when he says something in a kind way are always impressed by his anger.

Truth has been employed as a thief stealing illusions.  He can climb over any security fence we have constructed to keep out disturbing influences.  Although he can unlock any window or door, he is no longer interested in breaking in or getting away.  No longer thrilled by the chase nor by defying authorities, he has given up on the challenge of trying to find new ways to escape.

X-rays, photographs of cells, and the history of plants fascinate Truth.  When Truth's fingers touch my shoulder, I hear bone touching bone.  Truth has set down his bundle of needs, and his shoulders are soft and spacious, outlined by light.

Truth learned to act in the theater of qualities, and his studies in mime continue.  He lingers in long pauses between questions and answers.  He has made an altar to his loneliness.  Certainty and Uncertainty are both welcome at his table.  Truth is willing to wait for a long time with little attention or visible encouragement. Truth is not willing to live without Love.

-J. Ruth Gendler