In favor of doubt

Shorthand writing, be it text-messaging, tweeting, forum replies or even facebook-status-update-language, is killing the written word… Or so some will say.

They may forget that there is also inventing as it goes along. Some elements get lost, new ones appear. It has always been this way. In poetry, people seem to have lost appreciation for “epic” language. This is strictly my personal observation, and i can offer no definition on “epic” language.

The best way to explain it is language that LOOKS better on a page than it SOUNDS when read aloud. Poetry strictly for the page. No intentions of slamming it at a local coffeeshop. It does not refer to anything explicitly modern, or ancient. Touching on life, love, death, mysticism, divinity, doubt, hate, passion and all the good and bad of the human condition.

I sense that very few enjoy the act of doubting what they know and believe to be true, just for the mental exercise. People are so levelheaded and onesided in their thinking that philosophising actively seems to be a sport of the past. Because it is a sport; it requires practise and focus and demands you stay in shape. Otherwise it gets hard to do. And it can be beneficial to do, everyday. And i don’t mean in an academic way, don’t worry about systems and dialectics. Just think a bit, doubt a bit and twist your thoughts out of their usual pattern. Because we all have thought patterns, conscious or not. Learn to recognize these, and try to break them.