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Repetition

I am well aware that I repeat myself–that some themes recur.  I would submit, though, that even though words and themes may repeat, FOR ME their meaning evolves, or at least I hope it does.

One could in principle utter the same phrase a thousand times–say, God is Love, or Good is love–and mean one thousand different things.  Such is the nature of language. 

To use an analogy from a previous post, can the word “cloud” ever mean the same thing twice?  Have you ever seen two identical clouds, even though when we use the word we all know approximately what we mean?

There is a continuum between an infinitely sharp blade and an all-encompassing fog–hell, let’s make it an INVISIBLE fog, even space itself–which we all need to traverse regularly.