In the twentieth century, Freud highlighted the need of uncovering hidden truths inside language, implying that the substance of reality is buried by human expressions. This era was characterized by ineffective and ambiguous communication, raising concerns about the knowledge we express through language. Our understanding is fragmented, preventing us from creating total insights; instead, we exist as scattered remains, unable to grasp reality or ourselves completely. This fragmented aspect, prominent in our language and so in our human experience, calls into question the notion of achieving complete knowledge. According to postmodernism, obtaining this fullness may be out of our reach.
Freud stood as a prophet of linguistic unraveling in the twentieth century, challenging us to go beyond words for the veiled truths of existence. It was a turbulent era of communication in which the very essence of reality seemed to dance in the shadows beneath our utterances. Doubts bloomed like wildflowers in this maze of language, giving an uncertain hue on the knowledge we dared to verbalize.
Our comprehension was strewn throughout the landscape of comprehension like shattered glass. We were shards in a world seeking cohesiveness, searching for a sweeping picture of truth that escaped us. Despite our efforts, we remained a mystery to ourselves, hampered by the fragmented nature of our perceptions and expressions. The mosaic of language created a depiction of human existence—a collage of fragments and shards, an unfinished tapestry that refused to disclose its entirety.
The substance of truth lurked in the intricacies of our speech, enticing us with glimpses that faded like mist at morning. The very base of our knowledge shook on this shaky ground, daring us to question the concept of absolute knowing. Against the backdrop of postmodernism's whisper—an unnerving suggestion that possibly the pinnacle of comprehension lay beyond our mortal reach—our quest for wholeness looked fruitless.
Nonetheless, there is beauty in the choreography of ambiguity, in the fabric of shattered truths, in the cacophony of linguistic riddles and fractured disclosures. For it is in the gaps between words, in the pauses of comprehension, that the core of human experience dwells. It's a reminder that the search of absolute knowledge may be about the journey, not the destination—a voyage through the labyrinth of language, where every fragment has a whisper of truth waiting to be heard.
Inspiration: Dr Michael Sugrue
“We feel free because we lack the very language to articulate our unfreedom.” ― Slavoj Žižek, Welcome to the Desert of the Real: Five Essays on September 11 and Related Dates
