It is to us what it changes in us and how we respond. David M
----- Original Message ----- From: "Case" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 4:00 AM Subject: Re: [MD] Heads or tails? >> [Case] >> And here my point is that our understanding of the >> moon can not be relegated >> to any fixed set of patterns and to the extent that >> it can, that is >> objectively, it becomes ever more sterile. The >> meaning of the moon is >> largely determined by its context. The moon is a >> static pattern of meaning >> that changes dynamically. I get the feeling that >> this is the sort of thing >> Jos and Ron are getting at with topos. > > [SA] > This earth, with a moon, and this sun during the > day. This is the summation. This is the static > pattern, and the dynamic reached upon as to this > summation is this touch upon the bark of a tree. All > is said here, and yet, this meaning, "...largely > determined by its context..." involves seasons > changing, northern winters, equatorial summers, and > land to the south where in the north ice, not land, is > present. As the earth rotates and moves in an > elliptical orbit around the sun, a galaxy far away > larger than this solar system is just a glimmering pin > spot in my eye at night. This walk with the legs, > with the eyes, with the artistic strokes dreaming. > Black birch flowers white in bloom. > > [Casa] > It is what it is and at the same time whatever we make of it. > > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
