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November 2009 
Singing a Potato
Posted on May 11th, 2009
by 
Ron
Ron
"It is impossible to know reality for the same reason that makes it impossible to sing potatoes; they may be grown, or pulled, or eaten, but not sung. Reality has to be 'been': there should be a transitive verb 'to be' expressly for use with the term 'reality'." -Psychoanalyst W. R. Bion quoted in Mark Epstein's book Going on Being.
Actually it is much easier to hum a potato than sing one. Whistling a potato might seem to be the easiest method to reflect the melody of a tuber. But I spent countless days as a child trying to get it right. To no avail. I did learn to speak banana. However I have lost that skill. Sadly there is no culture for it.
Actually it is much easier to hum a potato than sing one. Whistling a potato might seem to be the easiest method to reflect the melody of a tuber. But I spent countless days as a child trying to get it right. To no avail. I did learn to speak banana. However I have lost that skill. Sadly there is no culture for it.
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