Your silence exists as does my self gathering. But so does the almost absolute silence of the world's dawning. In such suspension, before every utterance on earth, there is a cloud, an almost immobile air. The plants already breathe, while we still ask ourselves how to speak to each other, without taking breath away from them.
Interpretation
This quote reflects on the nuances of communication and the interconnectedness of existence.
Luce Irigaray's quote emphasizes the profound silence that exists before the act of communication, suggesting that in the stillness of life, there is room for contemplation and connection. It highlights the importance of being mindful in our interactions, acknowledging the delicate balance between expressing ourselves and respecting the world around us, including nature and the silent forces that bind us all together.
In practice
In a speech about environmental consciousness, one might say, 'As we reflect on our place in the world, remember that 'your silence exists as does my self gathering.'
Each sex has a relation to madness. Every desire has a relation to madness. But it would seem that one desire has been taken as wisdom, moderation, truth, leaving to the other sex the weight of a madness that cannot be acknowledged or accommodated.
...more than other senses, the eye objectifies and masters. it sets at a distance, maintains the distance. in our culture, the predominance of the look over smell, taste, touch, hearing, has brought about an improverishment of bodily relations...the moment domin ates the look dominates, the body loses its materiality” -luce irigaray
You, yesterday, did the usual things, just as any day, You don't know if it's worth remembering. You would prefer to remember, there lying in the half-darkness of the bedroom, not what has happened already but what is going to happen. In your half-darkness your eyes would prefer to look ahead, not behind, and they do not know how to foresee the past.
The future will present insurmountable problems- only when we consider them insurmountable.
It might be a good idea if, like the White Queen, we practiced believing six impossible things every morning before breakfast, for we are called on to believe what to many people is impossible. Instead of rejoicing in this glorious "impossible" which gives meaning and dignity to our lives, we try to domesticate God, to make his might actions comprehensible to our finite minds.
I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks.
Mr. Lyell's system of geology is just half the truth, and no more. He affirms a great deal that is true, and he denies a great deal which is equally true; which is the general characteristic of all systems not embracing the whole truth.
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