tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post767652507722425366..comments2024-03-01T06:20:29.087+00:00Comments on qualia and other wildlife: doing nothing; creativity; the aleph and the oxrosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-35613091455306318222012-08-01T13:35:38.301+01:002012-08-01T13:35:38.301+01:00Me too - only dipped in - catching snatches of a t...Me too - only dipped in - catching snatches of a tune in the midst of a symphony...Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698057844619063857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-49484959783474640492012-08-01T09:21:35.131+01:002012-08-01T09:21:35.131+01:00Thank you, Hilaire! I love the Wittgenstein quote ...Thank you, Hilaire! I love the Wittgenstein quote - didn't know it (synchronously I've just started rereading him - I say 'rereading' but actually have only ever dipped in).<br /><br />Rxrosellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-22819160941939237202012-07-31T17:44:26.400+01:002012-07-31T17:44:26.400+01:00I didn't know about Christopher Smart (must lo...I didn't know about Christopher Smart (must look him up)but I think Wittgenstein would have agreed with him that there is a generative power in language: "Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination"...<br /><br />I'm glad you're enjoying the beautiful doing-nothing. Like the sound of the birdsongy courtyard :-)Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698057844619063857noreply@blogger.com