Just because they go there doesn’t mean they should. No one ever asked about the taste. What if it was more than palatable? What if it was tasteful? Curiosity and morbid taste full of tired bywords and meaningful rhetoric is not enough here (pointing, always pointing. Pay attention!). Here you will get no answers. Here you will be forever lost among the turbid plumes of a mortal’s threshold for thought and dream. Don’t assume you can unveil what lies beneath. Even if you arrive primed with ten pair and one, you will be too late- will you not? Sanctions are lurking, and yet you trifle on a crusade for things better left unsaid. Follow me for a circuit whilst I show you the worlds within worlds, within words, within worlds, and suffer my affections: In the dark there was a craven crow and in his heart there was a box and in this box there was a key to a house made of what? That’s the question I ask myself everyday. Quite trite I always say. What’s the diffidence? Who would sacrifice themselves to be lost? Usually such tasks are left to fate, or stupidity, if there is a difference. Don’t ever forget: just because I don’t, doesn’t mean I can’t. And grey is still a color, strictly speaking. Don’t pine for me, don’t mourn for me, don’t cry for me, don’t speak for me, don’t think for me, don’t wait for me, don’t question me- I take that back, question me frequently. The fractions of this you recognize speak only to your knowledge and logic. Wisdom and truth, beauty and love, death and life are what I seek.
The Anatomy of Random Writing
I will now attempt to diagram some random writing and explain the meaning line by line.
In My Mind Vol. 2
Just because they go there doesn’t mean they should.
“They” referrers to a set of people, two or more, who engage in an activity, either literally or metaphorically. They could be physically going somewhere, or going there in slang terms, which would mean they were altering social conditions, perhaps undesirably. “Doesn’t mean they should,” equates to shouldn’t, which is a subjective word used to judge right from wrong. In this case, someone is judging the aforementioned set of people. We don’t know who they are, where they are going, or who is judging them at this point. Are they going to McDonalds and you, the reader, think fast food is gross? Or, are they breaking informal social constructs that offend social norms, and society as a whole is judging them? Or, are they being judged by a higher power?
No one ever asked about the taste. What if it was more than palatable? What if it was tasteful?
The next few sentences are a play on words and shed light on the first sentence. Unlike the first sentence, these sentences have an actual author-dictated meaning. The taste the author is alluding to is that of the fruit from The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Knowing this, it can then be assumed that they are a man and a woman, not a group of people, and what they are doing is probably not a trip to McDonalds. But what is it they are doing? Palatable means food that tastes good, but it also means palatable ideas: acceptable or agreeable to the mind or feelings. The word "tasteful" adds the idea that whatever it is they are doing might possibly be in good taste as well.
Curiosity and morbid taste full of tired bywords and meaningful rhetoric is not enough here (pointing, always pointing. Pay attention!).
Where is here? Here is in the mind of the author, hence the title. Again the author uses the word “taste,” only this time in a negative context, possibly hinting at an outsider’s psychologically unhealthy curiosity. To whom this sentence is addressed is unclear, but it can be assumed it is either the female mentioned above, or society in general who sits in judgment of them, or both. A byword is a proverbial phrase, like saying, “Man’s best friend,” instead of, “Dog”. It also means an object of notoriety or interest; the object in this case being the author’s mind. The phrase “meaningful rhetoric” as an oxymoron is intended for the judgmental public; however, it also has a positive translation which is intended for the female. The parenthesized words, “pointing, always pointing,” are for the public, and the short sentence, “Pay attention!” is for the possibly distracted female. The author is saying to the girl that his mind is a complicated place. He is also warning the public that their negative opinion of his relationship with the female is probably incorrect.
Here you will get no answers. Here you will be forever lost among the turbid plumes of a mortal’s threshold for thought and dream. Don’t assume you can unveil what lies beneath.
Again, here means the authors mind, where there are no answers. Answers to what? I don’t know, hence, no answers. A mind with no answers is probably full of questions, which could cause someone to become lost. The atmosphere of the author’s mind is seemingly unstable and not completely coherent. He warns her that she will probably become another set of questions rather than the answer to anything. Turbid means cloudy, murky, or muddy; it’s what happens when sediments are stirred up, which is possible, metaphorically, if she starts poking around at the, “threshold for thought and dream”. What ever it is he is truly hiding, she will probably never find it, especially since he most likely doesn’t even know what it is to begin with.
Even if you arrive primed with ten pair and one, you will be too late- will you not?
Sanctions are lurking, and yet you trifle on a crusade for things better left unsaid.
Primed means to be ready and it also means to be of high quality. Ten pair and one would equal 21, which is the age of the girl, who, although in the prime of life, is too late. Too late for what? Here we get the idea that the relationship between the author and the girl could have been more had the timing been right, but apparently he has moved on, is much older, or is committed to another woman, which would explain the previous judgments by society. Sanctions can be permissions or punishments depending on the context. In this context they could be both. The author could be saying that certain permissions will be granted, but that these permissions may lead to negative consequences.
Follow me for a circuit whilst I show you the worlds within worlds, within words, within worlds, and suffer my affections: In the dark there was a craven crow and in his heart there was a box and in this box there was a key to a house made of what? That’s the question I ask myself everyday. Quite trite I always say. What’s the diffidence?
Despite all of his ambivalence, the author decides to take the girl for a spin. The words within worlds are what make up his reality. He knows she will not understand, but shows her anyway with a riddle. After the riddle, for which he gives no answer, because, again, there are none, he then seems to fall apart into word play that suggests he may not be as interesting or as confident as he seems.
Who would sacrifice themselves to be lost? Usually such tasks are left to fate, or stupidity, if there is a difference. Don’t ever forget: just because I don’t, doesn’t mean I can’t. And grey is still a color, strictly speaking.
These lines are pretty clear once you understand the previous sections. The author is surprised at the female’s audacity, and warns her again about the risks of their relationship, but ultimitly decides that what ever it is they have is acceptable.
Don’t pine for me, don’t mourn for me, don’t cry for me, don’t speak for me, don’t think for me, don’t wait for me, don’t question me- I take that back, question me frequently. The fractions of this you recognize speak only to your knowledge and logic. Wisdom and truth, beauty and love, death and life are what I seek.
This is the author’s final disclaimer and stipulations. We see that although he shows resolve, he also obviously lacks it, possibly because he has feelings for the girl; feelings that he doesn’t totally understand, yet is judged on anyway. In the end, the author has noble pursuits that do not include deception and seduction. It's important to remember that all of this takes place in the author's mind, which, as we've learned, is not always clear. That's why we can only use our knowledge and logic to figure it out.
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