Logic Vs Magic

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January 8, 2013 by mycountryisthewholeworld

 

Can we have logic and magic at the same time?  Must there always be a “vs” between the two?

What this question is asking is that in following the path that neatly puts things in order (logic) do you miss something?  In the uniformity do you not see the color that isn’t black or white but gray?  If I want a suit in a color that isn’t black or white how do I order that suit and still Belong?

Magic can be an illusion.  It can be a habit gone awry, a path that was expected that was diverted, and then magic was created.  Magic can therefore be a lie.  Not real.  Or it can be so much more.  It can be a useful tool to describe something that doesn’t exist, those things that can be felt but not catalogued (logic).  I don’t want everything catalogued.  I don’t want every species to be discovered.  I don’t want them to find Bigfoot.  I want Bigfoot and his family and kin to stay safely in the forest, in the swamps, so that Bigfoot can stay in the magic.  The magic is what we saw as children.  The magic is what allowed us to be separate from adults who by law of the human journey have to be logical so that bills get paid, and lights get kept on, so that computers stay charged, so that blog posts get written.  The children don’t have to worry about that.  They can live in the magic.  They stay dry in the umbrella of adult work and earnings to be free of such.

But wait, the children have to have the logic.  They need the system to feel secure.  They have to have the bedtime, the dinnertime, and the reliability of things doing what they say they will do, so that they feel secure and comfortable to release and be free when alas, they become adults.  Otherwise they will waste adult energy chasing things to fill the uncertainty of their childhood.  What do we do??  How to we Do This?  We have to walk in balance.  It is always about the balance.  The walk between logic and magic.  The walk between tried and true, and tested, and confirmed, and reported, and shared, and known vs those who aren’t sure, who are never sure, who live on the fringe, who can’t begin to know the answers, vs those who think* they know, the confused vs the certain…the fact that vs has to be stated to clarify from the get-go…to pit camps against camps…and hunt for Bigfoot…so that we can prove we aren’t superior because Bigfoot Stayed Hidden OR…to prove we triumph because as everybody knows Bigfoot doesn’t really exist right?  That’s just a silly myth; the stuff of urban legend.  We have all the answers.  Because we’ve proven it.  Then there are those who understand and can appreciate, but also, at the same time, notice something else…

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