I once heard the question, “Would you rather lose your sight or sense of hearing?” There is supposed to be a ‘right’ answer. Of course I chose the other answer.

Questions of rhetorical queries are just that; a means of using history, personal experience, and personal logic to find solutions and answers to satisfy the curiosity.

The above two paragraphs set the stage for the title of tonight’s rambling and question, “What is more powerful, pictures or print?”

Notice that I used the word, ‘powerful’ over other adjectives, verbs,  nouns. Powerful.

Sure, a picture of sex lights up the mind while words written regarding sex… boring, boring, boring… Yet the obvious before our eyes is tempting to vote for while completely forgetting something that sets homo sapiens apart from the millions of other creatures with eyes… that being, the ability to write in a language of common.

And, if you happen to be atheist, agnostic, or believe in God, here is another question, “If everyone currently alive on this planet  (mostly) have read or’ heard’ of  God, and many believing the words in a book… Is that proof the print is much more powerful than pictures of a deity, a picture that does not exist? Imagine the power of print that leads to belief and faith. War fought over such beliefs. And yet amuse ourselves with the power of kitten videos.

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Words

 

Set in stone while stones erode away

turning to sand

flowing to a beach

to join an ocean of eternity

 

Sounded or read, the mind accepts

the blind see

the caves present

around a fire words paint of picture of history

 

To say, “I hate you!” “I love you!” “I fell face down in a chocolate cake!”

write about a good time in a bathroom stall

vs

the pictures of past recordings

on the

television set.