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be//log consists of three sections:
Quotes
In this sections, we publish and look for innovative, inspiring and insightful quotes from all fields and times – again with short explanations.
We are happy to accept ideas and examples with short explanations and the author’s/contributor’s name. After editorial review, we may then publish them. Please send your contributions to: info@be-design.info
Stupid words and stupid sayings
Peculiar misunderstandings and, at times, terrible fashions have sneaked into our language, and, in so doing, determine our thoughts without us being really aware of it. The words are simply used, used up, as if they wouldn’t constitute a problem – but, thinking is very much rooted in discourse, and this discourse predominantly takes place in the form of language. This is why we need to think about these stupidities and buzzwords and why they should be published together with short reflections.
We are happy to accept ideas and examples with short explanations and the author’s/contributor’s name. After editorial review, we may then publish them. Please send your contributions to: info@be-design.info
Anagrams
Anagrams (originally from Greek ἀναγράφειν anagráphein = rewrite) are words formed by rearranging the letters of a different word. Surprisingly often, anagrams are like a mirror – or distorting mirror – in relation to the source word; sometimes as a paradox, other times as enlightenment. There is obviously something the old and the newly formed words have in common. Anagrams are a source of linguistic imagination, they engender associations and they are simply a great type of game.
The known in general is therefore, because it is known, not recognized.
I know that, exclaims the always well-informed, that goes without saying. Please step back, ladies and gentlemen! Is that really true? How often do we think we know our way around, and then we get lost. Ergo: To be content … Weiterlesen
alone – Leona
The most dangerous phrase in the language is, “we’ve always done it this way”.
If the American computer scientist and computer pioneer had followed the motto, which is quite common – and especially typical – for most technicians of all genres, she would probably never have participated in the development of the first programmable … Weiterlesen
Male = lame
Memory is the only paradise from which we cannot be driven.
This sounds hopeful (albeit in a slightly melancholic-nostalgic sense) and one is tempted to unreservedly agree with this statement. But, the concept of memory seems to be a bit more complicated. Memories – comparable to dreams – are composed of … Weiterlesen
woman = ow man!
I’m no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I’m changing the things I cannot accept.
The strategy to interchange just the two little verbs ‘accept’ and ‘change’ while the rest of the sentence stays the same, does make a huge difference. Angela Davis never was willing to sit back and watch the status quo unfold. … Weiterlesen
dear = read
The body is the assassin of the mind.
The genitive in this seemingly explicit sentence is not quite clear. One could interpret it – and this would correspond to Friedrich Schiller’s general image – thus: the body constantly, or at least occasionally, attacks the mind. This is something … Weiterlesen