Post by stardustpilgrim on Nov 19, 2023 8:12:12 GMT -5
This is about metaphor. I chanced upon the analogy last night, late, decided I'd write upon it, then, this morning. First, it's not what you think. It's not about silence in any sense that we'd consider here. Unless you are a science fiction fan, specifically Doctor Who, you would have zero idea about the meaning of The Silence, the reference. So this is kind of a reverse metaphor, because Doctor Who is all about having an enemy to overcome, and The Silence was one of his(inclusive-her) most provocative and persistent, evil, cruel, illusive enemies. I'll describe them and give a film clip, but that's as far as I'll go. The koan part is that you will never get it, until you get it, and then it will be self-validating. It could come like a lightning flash, but more probably like the dawning of the day, slow, but inevitable. If you ever get it, treat it like a koan, keep it private, don't spoil it for others. But it will be exceptionally difficult to get, what The Silence is a reference for, to be clear, nothing in any sense enemy-like, thus a reverse-metaphor. And, if I told you you'd never believe me.
The viewer was in on the conundrum of The Silence because of the nature of story telling. But the participants, even Doctor Who himself, were subject to the nature of these creatures who had infiltrated humanity for we don't know exactly how long. They were a most formidable enemy, possibly greater than the Weeping Angels. OK, getting to describing them.
The Silence operated openly, because even if you saw one, once it was out of your sight, you immediately forgot you saw it, didn't know you saw anything out of the ordinary. It was as if you hadn't seen anything. And you couldn't miss seeing one, if you saw it, ugly creatures. They were a major plot line for many episodes, and entangled in many episodes only revealed later. They were responsible for Doctor Who's assassination and death, the Matt Smith Doctor. (And that was quite a chore, getting him back, I'm mean he was really dead, killed a second time-during-regeneration-dead). Just as a kind of fun relating, maybe I'll find that clip, the story involves President Richard Nixon, and one of his Secret Service agents (or maybe he was FBI, don't recall exactly). Doctor Who landed the TARDIS inside the Oval Office during a meeting with several Secret Service also present. President Nixon had a problem, because this little girl kept calling him on the phone, with a cry for help. The second clip is more descriptive, but the first clip sets up the second clip. You can probe and guess and ask questions all you want to here, but you won't understand, until you understand.
The viewer was in on the conundrum of The Silence because of the nature of story telling. But the participants, even Doctor Who himself, were subject to the nature of these creatures who had infiltrated humanity for we don't know exactly how long. They were a most formidable enemy, possibly greater than the Weeping Angels. OK, getting to describing them.
The Silence operated openly, because even if you saw one, once it was out of your sight, you immediately forgot you saw it, didn't know you saw anything out of the ordinary. It was as if you hadn't seen anything. And you couldn't miss seeing one, if you saw it, ugly creatures. They were a major plot line for many episodes, and entangled in many episodes only revealed later. They were responsible for Doctor Who's assassination and death, the Matt Smith Doctor. (And that was quite a chore, getting him back, I'm mean he was really dead, killed a second time-during-regeneration-dead). Just as a kind of fun relating, maybe I'll find that clip, the story involves President Richard Nixon, and one of his Secret Service agents (or maybe he was FBI, don't recall exactly). Doctor Who landed the TARDIS inside the Oval Office during a meeting with several Secret Service also present. President Nixon had a problem, because this little girl kept calling him on the phone, with a cry for help. The second clip is more descriptive, but the first clip sets up the second clip. You can probe and guess and ask questions all you want to here, but you won't understand, until you understand.