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~~( __ _"o Was Mon, 23 Aug 2004, at 09:27:22 +0100,
@ @ when Nick Dutton wrote:
> Does anyone share my frustration of not being able to unreservedly
> recommend TB! to others?
Very fine rant; I like to hear them, since it most often means that
someone is really concerned about something and need a real solution;
for the difference of a "fancy", and "decent", complaining. Speaking
"cosmogonically", the fire must be shown, at least for the sake of
security, of the worlds, since a contrary (a "decent", an "over-polite")
move would cause burns "around the corner", or "from the backs", which
is not nice, is a bit mean, even, and is what we do not yearn for, I
would dare to say. In this sensitive and delicate moment.
As for recommendation: I see TB as an (eternally) unfinished piece; some
parts are completed and final, as a body/head of a medusa, some other
ones are growing, more or less "under control", but are prone sometimes
to "deny" themselves, after a while, decomposing[1] and returning in the
primary mass for starting anew, and some of them are just vagaries where
the superfluity of the creative impulses are looking for an outlet and a
temporary burst (as is the case with the smiley avalanche) for the sake
of a pure horsing/monkeying around, which is after all all good, and
even much better than some destructive ways of "releasing", as we can
see after, and sometimes even during, some football "match".
So, TB then obviously has several ontological "levels", of which I
listed just "main" ones, as *I* see the Thing. And, since diverse people
are attracted by diverse (levels of) things, one could recommend TB from
diverse reasons. Hence, one has to know the "victim" well enough, in
order to apply a properly prepared recommendation. Example: if you'd
recommend to a "techy" type of a person TB accenting the bursting smiley
function, s/he would get an impression you are a nut. But vice versa as
well: for an DoubtLooker type, recommending medusa's head/body (with all
those filtering and other capabilities) would bring you to the same
effect.
Therefore, and hence, you, and we all, *never* could _unreservedly_
recommend *anything* to *anybody*. Even not for a $10.000. (-: (Which is
not some sum, after all, btw.) Simply because we always have to
recommend whatever only and exclusively *reservedly*, with a grain of
Noble Reserve, since all things are mutually interconnected and they
influence one another in a definitely magic and unseen way, as the Chief
in Seattle - Wash. have said wisely once. Or even more times. Which is,
further, the reason why we are not able to be aware of the just each
effect we cause by what we do. Example: you could recommend TB to
someone following your best intentions, but the guy/girl could make a
mess, by not being able to use it in a "acceptable" way. There.
So, you are always at a certain risk, which you have to accept, since an
infinite avoidance of risk is actually an infinite avoidance of life.
All of that is because the life is a pure magic, that is: no risk no
life. In other words, you have to accept the fact that, if you live at
full, and if you love it, you have to be prepared as well for all sorts
of reactions your being and your deeds could produce in your
environment, including the "target" you recommend TB to.
I hope the mentioned frustration is resolved now, since I have shown the
method of how I deal(t) with it.
OK, this text is enough crazy -- but I hope helpful enough too! -- so I
could finish there, and sink in the Silence, which is a Blessing.
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[1] Which is the reason why composers never die; they just de-compose,
and then re-compose again (it confuses many) appearing in a bit
different apparition.
- --
Mica
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