02 julho, 2020

Palavras lidas #465

Belief
by Louis Jenkins

We all have certain things we believe in. Usually they don’t
amount to much. Some people believe that if you put a
spoon in the open bottle champagne will keep its fizz.
Others believe that hot water will freeze faster than cold
or that when you flush a toilet in the southern hemisphere
the water always turns clockwise. In the absence of anything
better these beliefs serve to separate your life from others
lurking in the forest around you, like scent marking. People
have certain words they use, also. Words such as “paradigm,”
“trope,” “facilitator,” “objecthood”….Words that don’t
mean anything. We drop them like breadcrumbs to mark
the way home – where we all intend to return one day.

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