Lao Tzu Re-Visited

February 19, 2010

Those who know, do not say. Those who say, do not know.

Those who know do not say, “Those who say, do not know.”

Those who know “do not” say [that] those who say “do not,” know.

“Those, who know, do not,” say those who say. Do not. Know.

“Those, who know, do not,” say those who say. Do. Not know.

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One Response to “Lao Tzu Re-Visited”

  1. Chris Says:

    This exercise reminds me of a game I played as a child. I would take some mundane word or expression and repeat it quickly until it dissolved into a soup of unrecognizable sounds, stripped of any meaning that had been hitherto assumed. How could “toasttoasttoasttoasttoasttoasttoasttoasttoasttoasttoasttoast” not have any meaning at all? Unless my mind dissected it back into breakfast.


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