in conversation

 

Morning Notes for the Day

In some discussions of literature and culture, people put Text A "in conversation" with Text B.

Despite temporary moments of anger, I find comfort in conversations with relatives and friends, conversations that are not metaphors.  Even the reductive conservations by email provide comfort and assurance.  I assume people who put one segment of print in conversation with another also find a degree of comfort in what they are doing.  I would not claim they are not manufacturing useful knowledge.

I am, however, old fashioned and increasingly fixed in my opinions.  I try to obtain meaningful insights by comparing Text A with Text B, but I refuse to put them in conversation.  The only conversation I can find valid is the silent conversation in my mind.

Jerry W. Ward, Jr.                            April  11, 2021

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