Saturday, June 22, 2013
I
write therefore I exist – but only if you read
If a
tree falls in the forest and there is no-one around to hear it, does it make a
sound? is a well known philosophical conundrum -
since sound is only a vibration in our ears. Those that write e-books are posed
with a parallel train of thought. If an e-book is written and posted on various
platforms but is never downloaded, did the author ever write it? After all,
text on a screen can only exist once a brain with eyes deciphers it. Even then
the author may be forgiven for believing s/he exists as a book’s progenitor only when a review pops up
on Amazon or elsewhere.
We humans are vulnerable creatures.
Evolution of our central nervous systems has led us to conjecturing whether we are
here at all. Does everything around us merely constitute glorious figments of
overactive imaginations, bound to dissolve into nothingness upon our decease?
If every man and woman is an island then our creative artifacts represent home
made rafts upon which we attempt to cross from isolation to the mainland of human
gregariousness. Writing books bound for e-readers, those electronics clutched
by our customers and whose screens become filled with the outpourings of our
imaginations, are our acts of attempted escape from the unbearable isolation of
being.
So, Dear Reader, if you download avidly,
remember the author cannot exist until you review what it is that you have
read. It is a great responsibility; the existence of the author!
More writing from Jack Sanger aka Eric le
Sange can be found at:
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