Mind's Eye Re: The whole world seen as the Blue Planet

HA!  Love sgriob.  My new best word.

On Wednesday, November 20, 2013 5:56:37 PM UTC-5, archytas wrote:

Seems odd we can't be rid if the thing.  I think I asked Chris in the past without much joy.  I have only now managed to recover ME in a form I can read (since the forced new groups).

In the meantime, I usually  leave a book in the bathroom.  At the moment it's 'For Who the
> Bell Tolls' - an occasionally funny thing on grammar.  The following words
> that have no equivalent in English took my fancy:
> age-otori  (Japanese) - to look worse after a haircut
> gigil (Filipino) - the urge to pinch something cute
> ilunga (Tshiluba Congo)  - a person who is prepared to forgive any abuse
> the first time, tolerate  it a second, but never a third time
> sgriob (Gaelic) - the itchiness that affects the upper lip before sipping
> whisky
> Waldeinsamkeit (German) - the feeling of being alone in the woods
>

On Saturday, 9 November 2013 17:23:24 UTC, Gabby wrote:

If we are the people, then what do we look like so we know who we are? Experiencing the 3rd person view, whether it be singular or plural, is a tempting challenge in that respect. They say, the image of our blue planet, the photo that shows what we really look like, changed our view of ourselves. Are they sure? It has always impressed me so much more to look at the sky and to think how antish or houndish my little me must seem from there. Or how easily calculable when pondering the interregularity of the sun-moon-stars appearances staged within the grand scheme of things.

 

In my mind's eye the image of a round blue eye representing "Minds Eye" is a primitive visual reduction to a view deeply deformed by imperial power players. 

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