If the word is not the thing, why call it a piece of writing?

If the word is not the thing, why call it a piece of writing? Have you noticed that when describing the results of our writingactivities we tend to use words that also describe physical matter, forexample article, item, or piece? Does the word text suggest ideas,rather than a lump of something? The first definition in myWebster's New Collegiate defines text as "the original wordsand form of a written or printed work," and my Webster's NewWorld says "the actual structure of words in a piece of writing;wording." Form and structure seem interesting, but what about content? For this exercise, please allow me to elementalistically separateform and content, and a few other things, although this is counter to ahealthy general semantics gen��er��al semantics?n. (used with a sing. verb)A discipline developed by Alfred Korzybski that proposes to improve human behavioral responses through a more critical use of words and symbols. orientation. Does it seem paradoxical that Imust make such verbal separations in order to suggest that wedon't? I'd like us to think about writing and reading as thinkingprocesses that do not involve a thing, object, or lump of something.Admittedly, sometimes we encounter heavy writing. Along with ideas,I'd considered using the word thought, but that too tends tosuggest a thing. True, I occasionally lose my chain of thought; I waslooking for Looking forIn the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. it the other day but all I found was an accumulation of greymatter--dust--under the rug. Seriously, let's think about writing as an extension ofthinking processes. As Editor of ETC ETC - ExTendible Compiler. Fortran-like, macro extendible. "ETC - An Extendible Macro-Based Compiler", B.N. Dickman, Proc SJCC 38 (1971). , I'd like to find more newmaterial--oops, another substance--to publish in our journal'spages. Let's change that to more new thinking processes. And thisis where you come in. You may or may not consider yourself "awriter." Let's not Let's Not is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in Boston University Graduate Journal in December 1954. It was written for no payment as a favour to the journal, and later appeared in the collection Buy Jupiter. get locked into ideas of what we"are." You undoubtedly do plenty of thinking, and some of thatconcerns general semantics or you probably wouldn't be readingthese pages. You may also consider yourself "a person who does somewriting." (What panache, what a denouement de��noue��mentalso d����noue��ment ?n.1. a. The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot.b. , what an originalgrocery list!) Seriously again, ETC depends on its writers. Without writers, wewouldn't have much to print. You don't have to write perfectprose. We seek ideas, content, reports, etc., and we can help withediting and polishing. You don't have to write like Shakespeare.(It would be better if you did not.) Our writers tend to be members ofthis organization from a variety of occupations who write about whatinterests them, not necessarily professionals who write for money. What sort of content should we have in ETC? That's partly upto you, our readers, especially if you write something for us. In myview, ETC needs a balance of the theoretical and the practical. We needto hear how GS works. Let me rephrase re��phrase?tr.v. re��phrased, re��phras��ing, re��phras��esTo phrase again, especially to state in a new, clearer, or different way. that because I've just falleninto the trap I'm talking I'm Talking was a 1980s Australian funk-pop rock band, noted for launching vocalist Kate Ceberano. HistoryAfter the break-up of the Melbourne-based experimental funk band Essendon Airport in 1983, members Robert Goodge (guitar), Ian Cox (saxophone) and Barbara Hogarth about, and suggested that GS is a thingthat does certain actions by itself. It's people who act.Let's see Let's See was a Canadian television series broadcast on CBC Television between September 6, 1952 to July 4, 1953. The segment, which had a running time of 15 minutes, was a puppet show with a character named Uncle Chichimus (voice of John Conway), which presented each how we can act with a GS orientation to improve our livesand the lives of others. We want articles and essays from educators, GS aficionados, andfrom students. We have papers by several students in this issue, in thesection on papers presented at the Twelfth International Conference onGeneral Semantics. In future issues of ETC, we also plan to have more photos,drawings, and other graphics. Do you have photos that might have ageneral semantics twist? Do you draw? Please let us know. Why don't you share your thinking processes with ETC readers?Start by getting in touch with me. Send me a brief description of whatyou'd like to say, or a "finished" essay or article. Wecan help edit it to fit ETC style, if necessary. E-mail me ateditor-etc@time-binding.org, or write to me, Editor of ETC, P.O. Box1565, Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the UnitedStates[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. 76101-1565. For our guidelines for writers,artists, and photographers, see our web page at www.time-binding.org.Perhaps you still don't feel moved to write; then let me know whatyou would like to read about. With the merger of the International Society for General Semanticswith the Institute of General Semantics The Institute of General Semantics is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1938 by Alfred Korzybski, located in Fort Worth, Texas. Its membership roles include members from 30 different countries. , there has been a powerfulamalgamation amalgamation/amal��ga��ma��tion/ (ah-mal��gah-ma��shun) trituration (3). amalgamation ( of the diverse skills and talents of members of twoorganizations, people who think, evaluate, and act effectively and valuesuch qualities in others. Let's hear what you have to say. PAUL DENNITHORNE JOHNSTON, EDITOR ETC