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Into the Mind

                  Radar

              Close enough
              To sense what
              Has no name
              I bounce one
              Off it to
              Get closer.

             Raw data of perception or imagination passes through linguistic
         filters  until  a  satisfactory  symbol  can  be  attached.  This  process  is
         culturally or socially conditioned, so that the names already in one’s
         brain  influence  the  way  internal  reality  is  conceived—or  ignored.
         Getting closer to what is symbolized need not be literal movement;
         that is the beauty of contemplation.
             A deeper implication here is of endless progression or regression,
         like  an  infinite  series,  toward  that  which  has  no  name  because  it
         cannot: the metaphysical. In this case, necessarily, the intention of
         approach  can  never  be  fulfilled,  despite  illusions  of  proximity.
         Gluckman  again  employs  an  objective  metaphor  to  make  a  point
         about  abstractions.  The  value  of  boundary  logic  in  dealing  with
         macrocosmic issues is considered in a later section.















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