language-was-the-first-act-of-separation

# Language was the first act of separation Language was the first step of separation, and writing one of the first profound acts of it: the word detaches from the breath, the object from the subject, and the named world stands apart from the speaker. Even "will" implies dualism, a self standing over against what it commands. The Fall can be read in this register, not as a rule broken but as a separation compounded. Related: [[the-maps-we-build-become-the-world]], [[fraternity-is-a-lived-relationship-not-a-social-concept]] Rests on: [[the-fall-is-the-reach-to-name-reality-apart-from-god]]