October 27, 2008
Emily Dickinson on the semantic brain
Chris Daly read my over-worked, under-thought article on bits and atoms, and sent me this poem by Emily Dickinson:
Part One: Life
CXXVI
THE BRAIN is wider than the sky,
For, put them side by side,
The one the other will include
With ease, and you beside.The brain is deeper than the sea,
For, hold them, blue to blue,
The one the other will absorb,
As sponges, buckets do.The brain is just the weight of God,
For, lift them, pound for pound,
And they will differ, if they do,
As syllable from sound.
