Pilliard Dickle
When lost in the woods (intentionally), I prefer to just look at stuff—trees, plants, flowers—without necessarily knowing the names of them. The names are mere words assigned to them by humans at some time in the past. It seems so "official." You’re looking at a “Dutch elm" or a “chrys-anth-e-mum“ rather than a tree or a flower. The words can get in the way of a direct experience of the thing itself. Better yet, set aside even the word “tree“ or “flower” and just look at what is happening in front of you, regardless of what words have been assigned to it by other human beings. Them folks ain’t around now, it’s just you and the, uh, thing with leaves. Or the thing with green flappy things. (It’s kinda hard to convey this idea in words without using…words.)
I once saw James Taylor on Elvis Costello's talk show talking about how we live in a world of words that removes us one step from the actual experience, because the words are representations of something. He said the only word that is not a representation of something else is the word "word," because it means what it is. Elvis did not respond to this, he just went on to the next question on his card, but I got what he was talking about, and thought it was pretty profound.
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And that's the fundamental flaw with artificial intelligence... When we have lyrics like that, I prefer to think about them myself... try to figure out what he was saying... All by myself... Like a Real Boy!
God is a concept by which we measure our pain... John Lennon
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and then Google AI says:
That profound opening line is from John Lennon's 1970 song "God," featured on his deeply personal debut solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The Meaning Behind the Lyric
Lennon meant that the idea of "God" is a human construct created to help us understand, cope with, and measure the extent of our own suffering. Rather than a literal spiritual being, he viewed it as a psychological benchmark we use to process the pain we experience in life.
The Meaning Behind the Lyric
Lennon meant that the idea of "God" is a human construct created to help us understand, cope with, and measure the extent of our own suffering. Rather than a literal spiritual being, he viewed it as a psychological benchmark we use to process the pain we experience in life.

