tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836262699520893805.post4241862394974783456..comments2023-10-30T00:45:57.097-07:00Comments on Take Up and Read: Mind of the Maker Book DiscussionCharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17454630511757286221noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836262699520893805.post-28826401661001027112012-11-13T17:03:07.357-08:002012-11-13T17:03:07.357-08:00Willa, I am so glad you are participating. I have ...Willa, I am so glad you are participating. I have missed you the last couple times! :)<br /><br />So...my favorite things you said here...where do I start? :)<br /><br />First, I adored you saying that metaphor was once considered a form of equivocation, but a positive one. Something about that contrast really helped deepen my own understanding. I always *despise* equivocation, but I think it is because my experience with it tends to be solely in purposeful deception. But to think of metaphor as an equivocation meant to enlighten rather than harm--that, my friend, is a beautiful thought!<br /><br />I love what you said about The Silver Chair. I have seen this in my children. They see their catechism somewhere, or my son once saw The Flatterer from Pilgrim's Progress. He even skipped the metaphor and went straight to simile! I think this is possibly what N.D. Wilson meant when he said that stories were catechisms with flesh on.<br />Brandy Vencelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17945305890488681685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836262699520893805.post-25923841001515528772012-11-13T07:54:03.035-08:002012-11-13T07:54:03.035-08:00Wow. Such a clear, well-thought out post. Thanks,...Wow. Such a clear, well-thought out post. Thanks, Willa. I think your thoughts on how experience helps us more fully understand metaphorical language are spot on. Our children are adopted. I understood the idea of adoption (God's adoption of us) before that, but since adopting our own children, my understanding has deepened. I think that's what she's saying, too.<br /><br />Thanks for clarifying univocal and equivocal! That helped. I think, like Cindy M., that poets and other writers sometimes revel in the ambiguity of language. I know I do. I've read that making puns requires one of the highest forms of language understanding and I can see that. In order to play with words, we need to understand all the various ways they can be interpreted. <br /><br />I don't know where Sayers is headed either,(won't it be fun to find out?!) but like your point about Story. <br /><br />And I so agree with your last sentence: "we are supposed to do our bit to be messengers of the Good News, which means at the very least speaking in language that can be understood, where by the known we help others come to the understanding of the unknown." Amen! Becky Dancingirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00400203620215712439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836262699520893805.post-29465328155300776702012-11-13T07:46:24.862-08:002012-11-13T07:46:24.862-08:00Chuckling here, too! BeckyChuckling here, too! BeckyDancingirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00400203620215712439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836262699520893805.post-46476816654972018332012-11-12T13:32:09.877-08:002012-11-12T13:32:09.877-08:00Dear Willa,
I am delighted that you will blogging ...Dear Willa,<br />I am delighted that you will blogging through the book as your thoughts are so clear. It took me a while to catch up on things this week but I decided to take the time to read through all of last week's posts before starting the next chapter and I am so happy I did. <br /><br />Shakespeare has made a whole career out of pulling equivocal meanings from words. It is as if his mind always searches for the double meaning.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02413838626377092356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836262699520893805.post-15914489794602438762012-11-12T10:47:44.969-08:002012-11-12T10:47:44.969-08:00LOL!LOL!Willahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374272000644968446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836262699520893805.post-31000119841354131812012-11-12T10:16:42.177-08:002012-11-12T10:16:42.177-08:00Exactly! Did you ever think that "dog" ...Exactly! Did you ever think that "dog" is "God" spelled backwards, and man is made in the image of God, and the dog is man's best friend? Gets ya thinkin', doesn't it?! ;-)Cindy Marschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902687329094127050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836262699520893805.post-91869727470090886622012-11-12T08:12:14.055-08:002012-11-12T08:12:14.055-08:00Thanks, Cindy!
That is a good point about the poe...Thanks, Cindy! <br />That is a good point about the poets using ambiguity intentionally. I hadn't thought of it that way.... it sounds like you are saying that a certain kind of equivocation can be a good thing if you are trying to open a meaning up rather than simply clarify it. In that way, ambiguity might be a verbal representation of mystery. And mystery is delightful. <br />Willahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374272000644968446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8836262699520893805.post-3872948797748192102012-11-11T12:49:41.380-08:002012-11-11T12:49:41.380-08:00I really appreciate your deep thoughts, Willa. Som...I really appreciate your deep thoughts, Willa. Something particularly struck me--the idea about poets using analogy to reach a meaning. I think sometimes they purposely use an equivocal image because the different possibilities delight them. Some of the delight is in the ambiguity.<br /><br />I have family members eager for me to do something, so I'd best just stop there, but I look forward to your future posts!Cindy Marschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902687329094127050noreply@blogger.com