I’ve been thinking a lot about Marcus’ last post on interfaith dialogue, and sometimes, I think all dialogue is interfaith. All dialogue is people (or beings) trying to reach out and understand the other.
In Korea there’s a saying, “East question, west answer”, that it, the question and the answer are coming from completely different directions.
In working on translations with Korean speakers, this comes up a lot. But if I let go of everything, what I think I know and what I think I don’t, little by little I begin to understand where the other is coming from.
Dogs taste funny. Cats, too. Gosh, each of us probably tastes funny to another.
Pass the salt!
You won’t need any salt on me, I’m salty enough!
I actually did wonder about that! Maybe there’s a little salty dwaen-jang seeping through the skin?!