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Deryk Barker responds to Nina Costanza:
>>Forgive me if this is too simplistic, as I have enjoyed the eloquent
>>investigations on this topic... but the reason art exists in my mind
>>(visual, aural, movement, film) is because what is being expressed cannot
>>be adequately addressed in word language.
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>Thesis 7 (the final one) of Wittgenstein's Tractatus
>Logic-philosophicus (I can't recall the German):
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>Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must remain silent.
But in this case (and especially regarding the context here) the German
is essential:
"Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, daruber muss man schweigen."
I don't know a decent English synonym for the verb "schweigen", but it
means "to not speak", it doesn't (necessarily) mean to remain silent.
I think I'll adopt this variation (and Nina Costanza may concur):
"Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, daruber muss man spielen."
(If you can't say it, play it.)
Rick
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