It's Not A TBAY Problem

[dfrankiswork at davewitley.yahoo.invalid]

Eileen wrote:

> The things that make TBAY difficult are the leaps
> of the intellect in the land of metaphors. Some people, believe it 
or
> not, follow along quite nicely without any previous introduction to
> the Bay. 

I think we can overstate the extent to which people 'get', or fail 
to get, symbolic interpretation.  I believe much of it is learnt 
behaviour, and that it's never too late to start.  Sure, a few catch 
on with almost no prompting or effort, but that doesn't mean those 
who don't, never can, or can't enjoy it when they do.

For myself, I hardly read literature symbolically (with the partial 
exception of the Bible) before I joined HPFGU.  It was a leap for me 
to understand this kind of thing in my forties, but it was a leap I 
could make.  36547 is my awakening, ironically in the middle of the 
posts Eileen was listing as the genesis of TBAY, for which I was not 
really ready.  It's still something that's a conscious effort for 
me, and something of a novelty, and looking back, there were other 
things in the past few years that have helped me on the way.

In that context, Pippin's offer to explain things to those who ask 
is very helpful.  After all, we most of us learn best through 
specific examples.

David