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Mar 12, 2012 20:34

A Parable (one I learnt quite young, but apparently have yet to take on board)

I was reading Where Angels Fear To Tread to support the fact that I accidentally ordered FOUR E M Forster biographies yesterday, but due to miserable circumstances of my own creation earlier I got into a blue sparkly sandalwood bath with The Charioteer and have been ( Read more... )

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strangefrontier March 13 2012, 20:29:44 UTC

I've heard/read several variations on that skull story, and I love the cyclical nature of it, but I've never figured out what it's supposed to mean. It's a parable, so there's a message, right? But I don't quite understand the context of when it's best to shut up. Could you possibly explain it to this div?

apiphile March 13 2012, 20:34:39 UTC

1. Don't fence what are blatantly stolen goods.
2. Pick your audiences/know what to say to whom.
3. Learn when to back down. ("I must have been in a fever from walking! Of course a skull cannot talk.")

strangefrontier March 13 2012, 20:41:27 UTC

Thank you! I think #3 is a lesson I could do with learning.

apiphile March 13 2012, 20:50:27 UTC

Well I wrote the thing out because I basically completely failed to do that this weekend and needed reminding!