BB Grey–musings

“In the beginning was the Word,” and boy, was it capitalized like it knew it was important! This Word isn’t just any word; it’s a symbol, a stand-in for everything from your coffee mug to your existential dread. Imagine, if you will, this Word was there before the thing it represents even existed. Like, did the chicken come before the egg, or was there just a Word for “chicken” floating around in the void?

Now, let’s think about this string of words. Were they all just chilling, unarranged, in some cosmic Scrabble bag? When I start lining them up, am I playing creator or just rearranging divine fridge magnets? Is this for my own amusement, like a personal diary, or is it for sharing, akin to posting on social media? Communication – is it a monologue or a dialogue, or perhaps a bit of both?

Here’s where it gets trippy: we all agree on what these symbols mean, right? But do we? Take the sun, for instance. I see this glowing orb, but you might picture it with more red or less yellow. Or, if you’re blind, maybe you feel its warmth rather than see it. Yet, we all call it “the sun”. The word itself, the symbol, remains steadfast, but our interpretation of it? That’s where the madness begins.

The truth of what “sun” represents doesn’t change, but our authorship and readership of this word can skew things in wild ways. It’s like we’ve all signed an unspoken contract to accept some truths to keep from going bonkers. Otherwise, we’d spend all day arguing about the color of the sky instead of, you know, living.

And then, the kicker: what if you read “son” instead of “sun”? Suddenly, we’re not talking about celestial bodies but family relationships. Poof! Pointer to temple, mind blown.

So, was the Word there in the beginning, setting the stage for all this? Absolutely, and that’s the fun and frightening part of it all. It’s like we’re all part of this grand linguistic dance, stepping on each other’s toes sometimes, but somehow, we keep moving forward. And that, my friend, is the beauty and chaos of language, philosophy, and existence.