Trinh T. Minh-ha
"Never does one open the discussion by coming right to the heart of the matter. For the heart of the matter is always somewhere else than where it is supposed to be. To allow it to emerge, people approach it indirectly by postponing until it matures, by letting it come when it is ready to come. There is no catching, no pushing, no directing, no breaking through, no need for a linear progression which gives the comforting illusion that one knows where one goes. Time and space are not something entirely exterior to oneself, something that one has, keeps, saves, wastes, or loses."
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"Never does one open the discussion by coming right to the heart of the matter. For the heart of the matter is always somewhere else than where it is supposed to be. To allow it to emerge, people approach it indirectly by postponing until it matures, by letting it come when it is ready to come. There is no catching, no pushing, no directing, no breaking through, no need for a linear progression which gives the comforting illusion that one knows where one goes. Time and space are not something entirely exterior to oneself, something that one has, keeps, saves, wastes, or loses."
"لا يفتتح المرء النقاش بالولوج مباشرة إلى صميم المسألة. فصميم المسألة دائمًا ما يكون في مكان آخر غير المكان المفترض له. ولإفساح المجال لظهوره، يقترب الناس منه بطرق غير مباشرة، بالتأجيل حتى ينضج، وبتركه يأتي حين يكون مستعدًا للمجيء. لا يوجد إمساك، ولا دفع، ولا توجيه، ولا اختراق، ولا حاجة لتقدم خطي يمنح الوهم المريح بأن المرء يعرف إلى أين يتجه. فالزمان والمكان ليسا شيئًا خارجيًا تمامًا عن الذات، شيئًا يمتلكه المرء، أو يحتفظ به، أو يدخره، أو يهدره، أو يفقده."
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