Signpost in a Strange Land

April 9, 2012 by Angelico Nguyen at 8:20 pm

Apparently, that there is a Japanese death poem.

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Quin Finnegan says

April 9, 2012 at 9:50 pm

I wonder if this isn’t a reversal of sorts: “Strange signpost in a … land.” Which opens up an entirely new field of enquiry. What does one do in a land that is familiar, but the signs themselves are strange?

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- Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP says
  
  April 9, 2012 at 10:34 pm
  
  Thought experiment! Thought experiment!
  
  Pretty please????
  
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  - Quin Finnegan says
    
    April 9, 2012 at 10:47 pm
    
    Don’t know … that Chesterton quote from EM pretty well gets to the heart of the matter, I think. Many thanks!
    
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lickona says

April 10, 2012 at 11:24 am

I am old and tired and I don’t get the comments, but I do want to know where this sign is.

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- Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP says
  
  April 10, 2012 at 1:45 pm
  
  A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind.
  
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