01-08-2026, 10:50 PM
The strong point of poetry (or even prose, as in novels and such) is that they energize the reader's imagination to supply the missing inputs (sight, sound, smell, touch). We're poorer without it - not poorer in those inputs, but in being able to express them to others as well as, referentially, to ourselves.
And when we're wired for direct emotional or interpretational transfer? Some seem that way already. Maybe the mismatch between people, which written word only partially bridges, is important. Learning to connect can't be replaced by plug-and-play.
And when we're wired for direct emotional or interpretational transfer? Some seem that way already. Maybe the mismatch between people, which written word only partially bridges, is important. Learning to connect can't be replaced by plug-and-play.
Non-practicing atheist