I’m noticing a theme, here . . .
Riverofmylife writes of “The duality concept,” pointing out that it doesn’t really exist; that there is, for example, no ‘dark;’ there is only absence of ‘light.’
Wisewolf writes of having difficulty, trying to “‘conceptualize’ ALL THAT IS.”
Misterbenny wonders what it’s “like to be you.”
***
I did a wonderful play, once, called “The Bay at Nice,” by David Hare. In it, my character (Valentina) was asked to authenticate a painting, possibly by Henri Matisse. The play’s experts couldn’t agree. But Valentina had studied, many years earlier, with Matisse, and it was determined that she would have the final word.
During the course of the play, Valentina reminisces, in a lengthy monologue, about her years studying with Matisse, recalling that her teacher would say, “. . . everything depends upon what is placed next to it. One note is just . . . a note. But two notes, together, form a chord.” (My apologies to David Hare . . . and possibly Matisse . . . for any inadvertent paraphrasing of this, my favorite speech in the play)
I’ve never been able to ascertain whether Matisse actually said that. But whether or not he did, it’s quite true. How much greener is green when placed next to red?
Can I tell you what it’s like to be me, without knowing what it’s like to be you? I can say this: that,
the more me
I’m allowed to be
by you,
the more likely am I
to be willing to be
by you.
Perhaps placing “ALL THAT IS” next to the absence of “ALL THAT IS” would help to conceptualize it.
On the other hand, perhaps the absence of “ALL THAT IS” would be even harder to conceptualize.
Wisewolf writes of having difficulty, trying to “‘conceptualize’ ALL THAT IS.”
Misterbenny wonders what it’s “like to be you.”
***
I did a wonderful play, once, called “The Bay at Nice,” by David Hare. In it, my character (Valentina) was asked to authenticate a painting, possibly by Henri Matisse. The play’s experts couldn’t agree. But Valentina had studied, many years earlier, with Matisse, and it was determined that she would have the final word.
During the course of the play, Valentina reminisces, in a lengthy monologue, about her years studying with Matisse, recalling that her teacher would say, “. . . everything depends upon what is placed next to it. One note is just . . . a note. But two notes, together, form a chord.” (My apologies to David Hare . . . and possibly Matisse . . . for any inadvertent paraphrasing of this, my favorite speech in the play)
I’ve never been able to ascertain whether Matisse actually said that. But whether or not he did, it’s quite true. How much greener is green when placed next to red?
Can I tell you what it’s like to be me, without knowing what it’s like to be you? I can say this: that,
the more me
I’m allowed to be
by you,
the more likely am I
to be willing to be
by you.
Perhaps placing “ALL THAT IS” next to the absence of “ALL THAT IS” would help to conceptualize it.
On the other hand, perhaps the absence of “ALL THAT IS” would be even harder to conceptualize.
