One of my classes this semester focuses on philosophy of the mind. I've taken several different philosophy classes in the past three years, but this one stands out from the rest. Instead of being the talkative student that I usually am, I find myself often being challenged by the daily topics. Today's topic? Poets & their connection to philosophy of the mind. Finally! I had something that I could talk about. After much discussion, my professor said something that stuck with me.
"Why is poetry good and interesting? What makes a poet good, better than the rest? Good poetry, as well as good poets, have the ability to manipulate words/language unlike anyone else."
During the period of time of my Executive Leadership courses at Stanford, one of my professors told me "Lane, life is language." My first reaction was to pick a few examples and return the next day to prove him wrong. I never went back to see him with a single example. We communicate with a language, we have body language, eye language, written language,touching (love tap), etc. And for us old people, we go around talking to ourselves.
ReplyDeleteIf one can accept LIFE IS LANGUAGE,then poetry has to be the pinnacle of the written and spoken LIFE.