Sacrifice is only necessary in an imperfect world. Is it the imperfect world of individuals, or a monstrous landscape we walk on? It must be the latter, for the tools we use, out of which we are made, are not tools if they serve to distract us from our purpose, or if they act dangerously upon our fears and conscience, for then they would only be part of that monstrous world that lives beyond our reach, yet always makes its marks on our papery, vestigial skin.
And order has sacrifice, a way in which the hand is forced, the way a disastrous thought dwells in the invisible heart which corresponds silently with the spelling of the world. Either we see that the components of a house are coddled together like clay and sticks, or we know that something fast carved at the house until it bled with wasted blood, until it only rhymed with swords.
And above all there is the sacrifice of permission, realized in the promises of a million stars, the hope held foreward, which asks us to take one step after another. And although it may be the blindest of paths, there are few others, and we can hold its distances in our hearts, and feel the eminence of its breathing dreams.
Essays Return to Main
The preceding, as well as all other parts of Nathan's Philosophy and Writing are pending copyright
(c) 2006, Nathan Coppedge
Main Page
Essays Main
* Conc. & Abs.
* Iterative Philos.
* Unity Intro
* Imperfection
* Occam Dispute
* Nominal Mech.
* Res. Paradox
* Metamorphosis
* Essent. Principa
* Meta-Extension
* Meta Precis
* Meta Wrinkles
* Relevantism
* Relative Dispute
* Symbolism
* Wisdom Walks
* Pragma Temp.
* World consists
* Program. Antith
* Body Real Estate
* Four Corners
* Schizo def
* Moral 2d
* Eating Acrobats
* Fork Analogy
* Sloppy Thinking
Book of Indra
Unity Philosophy
Trans Ethics
On Systems
About Writing
Quotes & Slants
Intellectualia