Comments on: The Absolute Voice of Death http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-absolute-voice-of-death/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Sat, 19 May 2012 08:23:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jim Murdoch http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-absolute-voice-of-death/comment-page-1/#comment-110009 Jim Murdoch Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:35:55 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=1502#comment-110009 It seems to my mind that he's only giving us a part of the picture. Most people - I would even go so far as to suggest all people – seek the middle ground: they need someone to look up to and another to look down on. Gods by their very nature make us feel small and so our natural response is to look for ways to feel tall again; that is our default setting. Just a thought. <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Jim. What I loved about the piece was the opening where he talks about consciousness through the aid of the fishes: <blockquote>There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, "Morning, boys, how's the water?" And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, "What the hell is water?"</blockquote> It seems to my mind that he’s only giving us a part of the picture. Most people – I would even go so far as to suggest all people – seek the middle ground: they need someone to look up to and another to look down on. Gods by their very nature make us feel small and so our natural response is to look for ways to feel tall again; that is our default setting. Just a thought.

jb says: Hi Jim. What I loved about the piece was the opening where he talks about consciousness through the aid of the fishes:

There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys, how’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What the hell is water?”

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