07 November 2008
Different strokes
What is commonly called 'misunderstanding' between two people is a cover-up for, and a result of, a misplaced amount of faith between them; or what amounts to the same, it is a consequence of a self-betrayal as to what the genuine distance between the two people is, regarding their respective ranks, tastes and styles. However being true to this distance and difference does not restore a better understanding. It only creates silence. A parable.
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:( sad and true
well, it only feels sad when it comes to certain types of pairs. Those pairs in which you are trying to hide the space that will always be between you and an other. At other times, and even with the same person with which you once tried to disguise the distance, that misunderstanding and revelation of space can be liberating.
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