! ! In Praise Of Ignorance

write in praise of ignorance – that is, that state which we so easily mis-name; which would be better known by that old term, ‘un-knowing’ – free of guilt or sin in one who knows the truth and, knowingly, denies.. un-knowing should be celebrated; as some youthful minor god in painted scenes: adolescent in the goddess Wisdom’s splendid train; gazing up at her, clear-browed; wide-eyed; attention at the leash; not-knowing – like a runner on the blocks, contained; elastic spring of energy; yet fingertips so delicately placed on starting-line; there’s elegance to see in our unknowing’s race to reach the truth; unknowing: which spurs every scientist so to observe; infer; compare; and test; evolve hypothesis; and test again; then offer to the world as reason’s law of Nature’s finer detail, which may yield a harvest of some golden benefit; admitting one’s unknowing is the key: (does this seem far too simple to be said?) Poised between two beauties, Innocence, and Wisdom, see Unknowing’s beauty too; then in that beauty, all the universe shines bright and fresh and new, to be enjoyed; none other than myself; who knows no claim but witnesses all that may be revealed..