[restlessness]

“ Ἑρμῆς “
“ Ἑρμηνείας “
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“ Hermes… ? “



[relentlessness]

“ Hermeneutike? “

“ Ah! “
” Hermeneutics ! “



[joyfulness]

“ Of course! “
” Hermes the messenger of the Gods “
” The inventor of language, speech and interpretation “

“ Huh! Now what, mate ? “

” Hmmm, I got a really persistent message just now. “
” Repeated over and over, “
” like in a meditation, somehow… “

“ So you're having waking dreams now ? “



[thankfulness]

“ More like an unintended spontaneous meditation, I guess… “

“ Ah, right. “
” And the meaning of the message would be ? “



[peacefulness]

" I believe it is a message for me to focus on communication and interpretation… "

“ Hermes was also a liar, a thief and a trickster. “
“ He introduced, as the saying goes, the tools of deceit and misunderstanding. “

“ Which are? “

“ Again, language, speech, etc… “

“ Whoa ! “

[contemplativeness]

“ When you put something into word; then… “

“ …then it is separated from reality, the ding an sich. “
“ You've established a model, a simplified approximation. “
“ Models that may easily be misused, consciously or unconsciously. “
“ They may be used to label, belittle, stigmatize and dehumanize… “

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" So, what you are saying is that language separates us from reality? "




[mournfulness]

” Mmmm, yes… “
“ Hence, the human drama! “


” Yeah, ok, as somebody once said: “

” I hover like vapour over the semantic swamp. “