Seven centuries ago, the Persian poet and philosopher Rumi extolled “the eye of the heart” as seventy-fold more seeing than the “sensible eyes” of the intellect.
Growing up, language has been this tool that emits might and power – expanding reality but also limiting and contracting what is perceived and manifested.
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The limits of language and my deepening relationship with it often feel frustratingly fragile and futile.