
Here’s a quotation from the hero (among heroes!) of last Friday’s blog post. There’s a lot to chew on here.
That’s all for today. I’m busy working on final details for the e-resource I’ll be releasing soon. It’s called 10 Steps for How to Stop Procrastinating and Write That Book! (or Article, Story, Essay, Blog, Poem . . .).
Despite the shortness of this blog post, there’s enough fodder in that one little quote for hours and hours of thought. I’m finding myself drawing endless parallels between this Orwell quote and what Yuval Noah Harari calls imagined orders. . . . Enjoy!
“Designed to make lies sound truthful,” – now that’s a thought to recall whenever we try to persuade someone to something. I know you are asking us to think about political language, but perhaps we need to clean up persuasive language to make sure it’s not making lies sound truthful. It’s good to be reading your blog again, Liza.
An interesting thought. Thanks for sharing….
Liza,
This is a powerful quote from Orwell! Thanks for sharing it. I’m glad to read that you’re doing better. I had been thinking about you since I hadn’t seen updates for a few months. Maybe I’ll see you around the brewery sometime soon!
Well I’m not allowed to drink yet, so it may be a little while on the brewery…. š But hope to see you around!
Reminds me of the joke: men used to walk in straight lines to get from point A due to point B. Then they invented politics. Now they walk in circles.
Haha……. š