without which not both
Relation is the without which not of conversation. Conversation is the without which not of relation.
:- Doug.
Archive for June 14th, 2022
Stirred by the breath
The ultimate mystery of conversation is how relation makes person (see also Martin Buber, I and Thou, p 62). Said another way, the mystery rises up to face us when we are stirred by the breath of our Thou (see also, Id., p 63). This mystery faces us every time, every conversation, we cannot know how it will turn out, how indeed it has turned out. With no end conversation confronts us, even in its echoes. The mystery is this Thou, this I, this relation.
:- Doug.
