Sunday, June 14, 2009

Graham Ward on reading...

"Reading is dangerous; for the powers it incarnates and releases are unforeseen. A butterfly spreading its wings in Osaka can have tidal effects off the coast of Portugal, according to popular accounts of what contemporary scientists define as 'chaos theory'. Reading, or the appropriation or performance of a representation, similarly has indeterminate consequences."

My translation: Read! Who knows what might happen?! :-)

1 comment:

phil said...

Excellent post, Geoff. I know that I should read more often. I'm glad I don't have a tv anymore, because that makes it easier. However, reading theology takes a good deal of tenacity compared with, say, Lord of the Rings or biographies. I can plow through those, but the Church Dogmatics or something like that, well, that takes a little more time (5min per page, hehe). I think, though, that Ward's point is highlighted with tough reading.

Anyhow, that's my blurb...