Comments on: How to breathe

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:50:07 +0000

Hi Albert – I’m glad you’re liking the series. Any and all interpretations are welcome, but I personally reserve judgement on the wisdom or lack thereof in this instruction manual, which sometimes feels like an imperfect translation from another language.

By: Albert B. Casuga

Albert B. Casuga — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:52:17 +0000

“The lungs are nothing but wings that have lost their way.” If you consider that light/energy and air are what essentially make our corporeal component, this line is, indeed, the peak of the metaphysical understanding of man. Following the logical conclusion of the Platonic formula for life (we are spirits trapped in ephemeral vessels), breath as we know it are the wings to the ultimate genesis, and the air beneath the wings that make us ascend Icarus-like. Thus, your line as humour but poetic nonetheless, aspires to fulfill its ontological (defining being) and epistemological (discovering knowledge) functions. And I am not even being hyperbolic. I like the series, Dave.

By: marly youmans

marly youmans — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:42:28 +0000

In reply to Dave Bonta. Somebody playful!

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:45:46 +0000

In reply to rr. Yes, I'm not dismissing the idea --- though I'm resisting the notion that I should be the one to provide such illustrations! I'd gladly collaborate with an illustrator.

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:42:14 +0000

In reply to Zouxzoux. Thanks for reading. This comment actually helps me see what it is I'm trying to do here --- particularly useful since I may have occasion to explain it next week in another forum. Cheers.

By: rr

rr — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:55:31 +0000

In reply to marly youmans. Yes, I think some diagrams showing the important parts would be excellent. Labelled of course.

By: Zouxzoux

Zouxzoux — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:22:53 +0000

You open our eyes to our most basic physical function and make us see how wondrous it really is. I really, really like this. Thanks for sharing.

By: marly youmans

marly youmans — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:04:48 +0000

Of a sort. Okay! Shall be on size 2 tenterhooks…

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:46:59 +0000

In reply to marly youmans. Glad you like them! Visual interpretations of a sort are coming. Stay tuned.

By: marly youmans

marly youmans — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:33:58 +0000

I do like these, Dave! You need to branch out your doodlework and illustrate them…