Monday, April 11, 2005


				
				
					 
					 
The Valve


				
I find the recently-established The Valve to be endlessly interesting.
Recall Kierkegaard’s metaphor (paraphrased from memory): today we are in the position of a man who is starving to death because his mouth is so full he cannot swallow. Feeding this man would paradoxically consist in removing food from his mouth.