Jiang says poetry recreates perception by making people feel what they perceive and imagine what they know, renewing a universe blunted by repetition.
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Renewal
Jiang says poetry recreates perception by making people feel what they perceive and imagine what they know, renewing a universe blunted by repetition.
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Key Notes
The main lesson Jiang leaves is that collapse is bad but also creates the opportunity for a new civilization and a new humanity to emerge.
He redefines death as release: it stops a person from making mistakes forever, returns them to the universe, lets them review pain and good, and permits renewed life.
Destroying desire destroys the world but permits a new beginning, making the Ring a national epic of German will.
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"It compels us to feel that which we perceive and to imagine that which we know. It creates a new universe after it has..."
"All right. And the big, the third big change is you go from censorship. Okay. Because remember, in a policy economy, in a centralized..."
"good because it makes us feel good and allows us to return to the monad um but sometimes because we live in a world..."
"is she sacrifices herself in the flames and throws the ring back to the river maidens, okay? And then what happens, and this is..."
"As you can see, it's very powerful, right? It represents the unity of the will. So as people are watching this, they become united..."
"...and change okay all right he continues among the barasana such renewal is the fundamental obligation of the living in practice this implies the..."
"...see is a cycle of life and death of destruction and renewal we're all together we're all unified we're all one it's balanced in..."
"...imagine that there's a story of life and death, destruction and renewal. Okay, and you can see the struggle of humanity to get food..."
"...how life works, a cycle of death and life, destruction, and renewal. And everything's connected together."
"...everything. Does that make sense, guys? Okay. Among the Barasana, such renewal is a fundamental obligation of the living in practice. This implies that..."
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