so, i’m engrossed right now with an author that’s new to me- Tony Vigorito. I read Just a couple of days in just a couple of days, just a couple of days ago. At points, it felt like just a collection of little essays on cultural topics, but they happened to all be espousing opinions I appreciated, and so they worked for me, but the book became more cohesive as it went on.
i recommend reading the book. very entertaining and enlightening. if you plan on reading the book, be forewarned that i may spoil some parts of the plot in the proceeding.
one key idea that was explored was symbolic language and how it separates humans from other animals and also separates humans from each other, as it is a very imperfect means of communication. the author’s exploration of this idea highlighted for me the validity of exploring non-symbolic ways of communicating (which were not described in detail at all in the book, just so you know) and the importance of directness, frankness, clarity in how we do use symbolic language
it also brought to my consciousness how much of my life i spend inside the construct of symbolic langauge (like right now)- in thought, which is tied up inseparably with the ego. symbolic language begets the ego.
i zoned out for a bit there. think i’m done writing for now. maybe i’ll go read more of his next book, nine kinds of naked.
