Thursday, October 1, 2009

So, Now What???

Yah, O.K., so now what??? What do I do with this? Imagine that, Clemente with a high speed connection, too much time on my hands, and all of cyberspace upon which to write. I possess more than ever some of the greats of letters ever possessed. Augustine could reach only those who read Ecclesiastical Latin, Rousseau only those who could read French, Schpengler only those who could read German. And all of those could reach only those who could read.
My former employer, Moses Znaimer, says reading is an impediment to the spread of Ideas. He applauds the advent of video, and all the technology that comes along with it. He says when you publish on T-V, then reading is not a barrier. "Everyone gets it," says Moses. That's O.K., as far as it goes, but I think ol' 'Mose' didn't think it all the way through. (And that is probably heresy!!!)
T.V. can leave formidable first impressions, but cannot make the connections, and analyse details, as written text can. The result is, we come away from idea exchanging sessions with what we think is the message, but with little understanding of either the matter in question, or its depth, or its interconnectedness with other ideas, or the real world.
The downside of 'blogging by Clemente' is, I have taken a first swipe at posting a blog, and I have only produced a pile of babbel that no one will read, or understand!!! If you have visited my little piece of cyberspace, please come back. I promise not to do this again. The next time I will offer you something readable. Come back!!

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