tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901363836054939556.post7855157592216775536..comments2023-06-12T06:27:00.866-05:00Comments on Freeway in the dark: Gluey feathers on a flumejyeh92http://www.blogger.com/profile/08041315106980644965noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901363836054939556.post-81226346988098200132010-01-24T17:31:29.060-06:002010-01-24T17:31:29.060-06:00Because something is difficult, because it barely ...Because something is difficult, because it barely stands braced against a wall shaking knees quivering spine, because we are all too used to athletes to even notice.<br /><br />No, I disagree; beautiful, painful, meaningful things are just hard to say — no matter the language.<br /><br />Just translating, just giving words life in some different place, with some different context, and, more, doing it through wax and wordlessness, is to just tell a different sort invalid to walk, run, to fly. It is no better, and often much worse, pinioned between the twin obstacles of confusion and attention undue.<br /><br />It can be rewarding to practice some other language, but in any language communication requires the same eventual sacrifice.Joseph A.noreply@blogger.com