The spaces limit?

One epiphany this morning wasthattheancientswrotewithoutpunctuationorevenwordspaces- whichmeanstherearemorewaystoreadwhattheywrotemaybethey- thoughttheywereconservingpaperormaybetheysawthatwaythered- bemanywaystoreaditormaybenoonehadeverinventedspacesyetin- anyeventwecouldhavemoretoreadfromitifwedidntaddourjotsand- tittlesmuchlikepoetrytellsusmorebytellingusless

Add no jot or tittle was a reminder that, for ourselves and those we teach, there is danger in trying to direct the wind—and life in freeing it.

:- Doug.

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