tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824571417982044594.post4973317998254171231..comments2020-07-20T02:52:06.783-05:00Comments on Reading in Exile: Writing for ContemplationMark K. Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08283753483254749770noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824571417982044594.post-7631585596355416272016-06-05T12:53:31.081-05:002016-06-05T12:53:31.081-05:00This is very well said. It calls to mind that the ...This is very well said. It calls to mind that the creed itself is a "symbolon." Words can never comprehend the mysteries that they signify, and yet this signification is much more than arbitrary assignment or nebulous expression. Though we may never have precisely the right words because words themselves are of a limited power, we still have words that must be used precisely in order to truly signify and call forth the mystery they point to. And to know what these words are and to know how a language itself ought to properly develop with new creations is to be immersed in a tradition of a way of speaking/writing/thinking. Hence the need, as you point out, not so much of originality as of a dialogue with that which is in all its splendor.<br /><br /> msauterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392533765734005102noreply@blogger.com