gregory
You know - debra's right - and that holds even though I would have known what she meant anyway.
how ODD.....
how ODD.....
Onyx said:The question wasn't about labels it was about definitions. Though labels may or may not put people in boxes, accurate definitions allow for meaningful conversation and clear understanding of terms.
Onyx said:For me the question lies in not what is means to be a reader but what does it mean to read. (A reader is simply one who reads.) It is very, possibly painfully simply the act of interpreting signs or symbols in the attempt to discern meaning. A tarot reading then is the process of examining tarot cards symbolically looking for meaning, normally in response to a question but not necessarily. I would say that one is a reader if they partake in this activity.
I believe that this activity is different from the other listed in a variety of ways.
An artist is one who looks to communicate through a creative process using a medium and that is normally but not always has symbolic features. Musicians I would place in the category of artist but in a specific medium of sound.
Stockbrokers are in a sense sign readers as they analyze data in order to predict trends and growth in particular economic activities for the purpose of profit.
Mathematics is a scientific study of signs which it me seems to pursue the understanding of the universe within the definitions of numbers and their relationship to the physical world.
A Philosopher is not a sign reader but rather almost a professional thought thinker. They are set about the task to examine knowledge, ideas and approaches to obtaining both in a critical manner.
Finally, I think that a historian is possibly the closet to my idea of reader on the list. They examine events, documents and testimonies to determine what is true and what connects cause and effect in events of the past. Those events, documents and testimonies can be considered as symbols and therefore may properly be an idea that historians are sign interpreters in the pursuit of meaning and/or truth.
Onyx.
Why "alas"? *Puzzled* I think it's actually a great way to look at the reading process. Also, it reminds me of "opening a book" (and I see the Tarot as a book of life, the universe, and everything , not as "the devil's picturebook").moderndayruth said:... alas, the term we use in Serbian (and Montenegrin too) is not "reading", but "opening"...
So, we "open" Tarot,
Debra said:When I was hoping to read at the local metaphysical shop, I went in and introduced myself by saying "I'm a tarot card reader."
A lot of people read cards. Saying "I read tarot cards" just doesn't sound the same.
ETA: I got the nerve to do this partly because of the AT forum, and I have been reading at the shop! So ... I blame you all
.traveller. said:We spend countless hours, effort, and resources learning to do what we do. I dare say some of us rival brain surgeons in the amount of time spent dedicated to the perfection of our craft.
tigerlily said:Why "alas"? *Puzzled* I think it's actually a great way to look at the reading process. Also, it reminds me of "opening a book" (and I see the Tarot as a book of life, the universe, and everything , not as "the devil's picturebook").
A reader to me is a translator or interpreter for the soul, much like a dream interpreter.