It is commonplace to talk as if the world has meaning to ask what is the meaning of a phrase a gesture a painting a contract. Yet when thought about it is clear that events are devoid of meaning...

It is commonplace to talk as if the world has meaning to ask what is the meaning of a phrase a gesture a painting a contract. Yet when thought about it is clear that events are devoid of meaning until someone assigns it to them.
Dean Barnlund

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The world each person creates for himself is a distinctive world not the same world others occupy.
- Dean Barnlund

It is commonplace to talk as if the world has meaning to ask what is the meaning of a phrase a gesture a painting a contract. Yet when thought about it is clear that events are devoid of meaning until someone assigns it to them. Dean Barnlund

It is commonplace to talk as if the world has meaning to ask what is the meaning of a phrase a gesture a painting a contract. Yet when thought about it is clear that events are devoid of meaning until someone assigns it to them.
Dean Barnlund