Got to see/hear/feel Saul Williams last night...and it blew my mind. What an important artist--so courageous, so honest, so real. One thing he said in response to a question about the power of language has really stuck in my head this morning (this is a paraphrase): I like to treat words like rappers treat women in their videos...I pour champagne on them and just wait to see what happens...whether I'll get slapped or not...
Anyhow, as one of my primary occupations involves writing about words, their uses, and in particular their power, I'm thinking I should go get some champagne to mix with my orange juice and my investigations this morning...just to see what happens. Don't we (I) take words too seriously? Isn't the whole thing (living, feeling, being) really much deeper and much simpler than a lack of silence?...
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