Re: STIA-The Natural Step LO3569

Barry Mallis (bmallis@quickmail.markem.com)
1 Nov 1995 08:09:22 -0500

Reply to: RE>>STIA-The Natural Step LO3542

I want to second my brother Ron's observations on the incompetence of prose to
portray nonlinear logic structure.

There are languages which contain non-linear qualities beyond what English
offers. Graphic languages such as Japanese, with its three alphabets, and
the many Chinese dialects come to mind. Are there some native speakers
reading this note who wish to comment on the "thickness" quotient of
language from an expert's perspective?! (By "thickness", I am conveying
the idea of a type of compression of meaning into ostensibly one-faceted
word representations)

Also, I wish to insert the use of what some call poetics, a especially
tightened prose medium which catapults the usual linear progression of
thinking and reacting into non-linear spaces of imaginative, emotional
involvement. Greater thickness, bang for the buck.

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Barry Mallis
bmallis@markem.com