logic
2007-09-13 1:05 p.m.

ideas on logic.

there are a several kinds of logic.

logic, like a belt, has different notches, for you to experiment with.

how tight do you like your logic?

logic won't let you know.

there is a type of logic that says: you must let go of logic.

they teach logic as logos, which is a fancy name for please please listen to me.

logic is merciless in its search.

logic might crush your bones on its march to truth.

logic is passed down on the father's side.

is the reason your dad doesn't believe in god because god didn't heal your dad's leg?

is the reason you don't believe in god because your dad doesn't?

is there a reason the techniques your father used to find love don't work when you try them?

you can make a whole career out of logic.

or you can make a whole career out of showing, through the medium of words, different ways that logic fails.

logic is a buttress, like a man's arms.

love and logic are public enemies but secret friends. they're in cahoots.

no: logic is a crippled creature that has no friends.

you can't make friends with someone like logic, because their edges are too sharp and will cut you if you hug.

you can't love someone like logic, because their rigid lines are unattractive and unpleasing to the eye.

truth, there is something fundamentally unlovable about logic, but no one knows what, and don't try to figure it out, because that would be applying logic to logic, and i think that counts as circular reasoning, which logic hates.

logic's final fight is with chaos, not love. the fight will occur on the phone, or on the sidewalk.

a heart can be broken like a thoughtfully made clay pot, with a smash, and there's the possibility of mending. that's one way of being broken.

the other way is like a toaster that burns the bread and no one can figure out why.

the end

(appendix A)

fathers take apart broken toasters at the requests of their daughters. they sit with the pieces spread out on the kitchen counter and puzzle over them.

(appendix B)

everyone you know takes a turn with the pieces, let me try, no you're not doing it right.

pass it around the party, like a logic puzzle that everyone wants to solve. it's not a matter of solving; it's a matter of fixing.

(appendix C)

don't apply your twisted logic to something like this. a malfunctioning heart is just that.

(appendix D)

optimists bend logic. they say, one man's broken toaster is another man's microwave. what does that even mean?

(appendix E)

the rumor is, you learn to let go of logic and embrace irrationality. the fight on the sidewalk ends bloodlessly.