Examination two
"In the center, in red sharpie:"
We're told nothing regarding the center. Thus, we don't know of what it is the center. Interestingly, the word "sharpie" is not capitalized, indicating that we're taking the proper name and making a generalization. However, given that we're told "in red sharpie," we're to assume (or, at least it is not unreasonable to make such an assumption) that the words that follow are written, and that therefore the center is the center of a page.
"LIMITED, TEMPORAL PERCEPTIONS OF REALITY"
As this is in all-caps, it's not unreasonable to assume that it's a title or subject, or, at least, certainly worthy of attention. I know a man who said "everything is limited, finite and relative." The expression given above certainly seems of the "within" variety, in keeping with Bohm's explicate order, for example, and not the implicate one. So, we're talking at the level of ego awareness and not at the level of Self. We're in the realm of the differentiable and not the undifferentiated.
"All around, in blue sharpie:"
Again, the generalization that "sharpie" is not capitalized. Still, of relevance, is that this time we're seeing blue rather than red. It's interesting that the difference will be lost on someone who is color blind. Perhaps that's intentional as well. There is a difference, but the difference can only be caught by people who use the proper sort of filter.
The list follows (this time, I won't use my own quotes).
"GROUPS"
ATOMS
META-PHYSICAL
GOFAI
"ANALOGY"
THE NEED OF A "STARTING POINT"
ARCHITECT?
We aren't told which of these terms are where, relative to the red letters in the center. We're just told that they're "around." Some of the items are in quotes, most are not. One is followed by a question mark, one is hyphenated, two are completed covered in quotes, one is segmented by quotes. I would be interested to see the information presented as it's described, so I can better understand the relationships between the above-mentioned terms. (For example, is one of them above the center phrase? Are they all askew? Are any written upside-down?)
There is no clear indication that any term or phrase is to be connected to what's in the center, though, of course, there is an implication simply because of the fact that they're all included and described as being all around it. (Again, it may turn out to be an unwarranted assumption. Proximity on a page does not necessarily imply connectedness.)
"-----"
Exactly five marks. Nor four, not six, not seven. Five. Perhaps this is significant. Perhaps not.
"I'm curious how many/ if any/ will be able to read/ the writing on/ my sole?"
This could have been written thusly:
I'm curious how many
if any
will be able to read
the writing on
my sole?
But, of course, it wasn't. It could have been written other ways as well. The "/" are indicative of breaks of some sort, but it's not entirely clear what that break is intended to be.
Curious.
Dave
