Really good interview. Rashid's thoughts on parenthood as a transformative building of character were really interesting and right on target. I really like his piece "Fatherhood." It reminds me that being a dad is about providing structure, support and process to something which is wild and organic. And that often, it demands flexibility to let things go outside of that structure and a constant maintenance of balance. I think it's an elegant and sincere allegory. I'm sure he had something different in mind but I'm a coarse amateur, here!!! Also with regard to Plato: Aristotle's "Categories" touches on an expansion of the notion mentioned. He says that an apple, THE apple and a picture of the apple are all the same and are equally valid in their depictions of the subject. They are also all different but one is necessarily dependent on the others to exist and that we can only see and know things and make sense of them in comparison to each other. Worth a read or re-read.
Really good interview. Rashid's thoughts on parenthood as a transformative building of character were really interesting and right on target. I really like his piece "Fatherhood." It reminds me that being a dad is about providing structure, support and process to something which is wild and organic. And that often, it demands flexibility to let things go outside of that structure and a constant maintenance of balance. I think it's an elegant and sincere allegory. I'm sure he had something different in mind but I'm a coarse amateur, here!!!
Also with regard to Plato: Aristotle's "Categories" touches on an expansion of the notion mentioned. He says that an apple, THE apple and a picture of the apple are all the same and are equally valid in their depictions of the subject. They are also all different but one is necessarily dependent on the others to exist and that we can only see and know things and make sense of them in comparison to each other. Worth a read or re-read.
So glad you liked it! Was epic to be able to have this conversation with Rashid.