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[4. Apr 2025|09:22] |
"In English, consciousness and unconsciousness are part of a vertical plane, so that we wake up ↑ and we fall ↓ asleep and we sink ↓ into a coma. Chinese uses the horizontal line, so that to wake is to cross a border towards consciousness → and to faint is to go back ← . Meanwhile, time itself is vertical so that last year is “the year above” ↑ and next year is “the year below” ↓. The day before yesterday is the day “in front” ↑ and the day after tomorrow is the day “behind” ↓. This means that future generations are not the generations ahead, but the ones behind. Therefore, to look into the future one must turn around… "
Madeleine Thien, Do Not Say We Have Nothing |
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Es vakar klausiijos psihologhu kursh teica, ka cilveeki kam.ir daudz trauma and depressed thinking savu dziivi izteel9jas ar pagaatni priekshpusee un naakotni aiz sevis, kameer optimistiski cilveeki with healthy minds izteelojas pagaatni aiz sevis un naakotni priekshaa kaa horizontaalu liiniju.
Hmm. Varbūt tā arī ir. Kā nez ar tiem, kuriem šķiet, ka nākotne ir visapkārt, bet pagātne tevī iekšā  | |
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