tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post7186540313949784932..comments2024-02-11T09:55:50.468-08:00Comments on The Eastside View: De los álamos vengo, madre,de ver cómo los menea el aireCharles Sherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10480432901356490235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post-88288764044919906222007-09-02T10:13:00.000-07:002007-09-02T10:13:00.000-07:00But there is also language which presents a barrie...But there is also language which presents a barrier that is designed to be surmounted in order to achieve a level of communication that could not take place without the effort: a code which is intended to be broken.John Whitinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170335248108710190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post-82145152545482813282007-09-01T20:35:00.000-07:002007-09-01T20:35:00.000-07:00Yes. Language with which to communicate; language ...<I>Yes. Language with which to communicate; language with which to exclude. Each has its place...</I>Charles Sherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10480432901356490235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post-71617743557265263782007-09-01T17:24:00.000-07:002007-09-01T17:24:00.000-07:00Going back some forty years, I always valued the f...Going back some forty years, I always valued the fact that you could comfortably occupy the aesthetic worlds of both the traditional and the avant-garde. For me, the distinction is simply between those who identify with society closely enough to speak its accepted language, and those who feel the need to establish an alternative social structure with its own distinctive tongue. "Speaking in tongues" has a long history.John Whitinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170335248108710190noreply@blogger.com