Transthought

Transthought

Transthought means across thought, a term I like because it opens the page to many arenas. For one, it allows for thought to go across all boundaries. Or, for another, it allows one to transcend thought, to see beyond the obvious or immediate to unknowns. Transcending thought appeals because it seems so unlimited. Thought, like imagination, can take you anywhere. It is able to deal with a multiplicity of topics, categories, and subjects. There is no taboo, no heresy (except perhaps to the reader!), and no censorship. One can be critical, congratulatory, neutral, biased, or stupid without the world imposing its arbitrary standards on your text. Of course, how it is read, interpreted, received, makes a world of difference, but if it connects with a sympathetic reader somewhere, ah, that is the joy of it! So I submit this introductory paragraph to "Transthought,:" in which I shall discuss in coming days the ideas that go through my head. Some ideas are heavy, some light, some trivial, some significant, some interesting, others dull, and so it will go. I hope some reader will discover this page and be amused, inspired, angered, confused or in some other way touched. That will be its success.

July 15, 2006

Wayne's word for today, "Transthought."

posted by Wayne Olson @ 9:18 AM