What do you mean?

 

Dictionary entries

 

If I were to define myself, what would I write about?. Let’s say, should I try to structure my life in a dictionary manner, what would it be like?.


I googled for a definition of the word “Person”:


A human being; "there was too much for one person to do"


A human body (usually including the clothing); "a weapon was hidden on his person"


A grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party; "stop talking about yourself in the third person"


One day after I pass away, what would be an entry for me like? Historical facts, memories, interpretations or retrospectives? What in the world would then be different (may I dare to say, better) because of me?


I think of a very much smaller scale now. If I had a personal dictionary, how many people would have been important enough as to have an entry on it?


Conversely, how many dictionaries would have some space dedicated, specially, for me? Would there be a picture, a song, a caress, a quote?


Am I important enough to have so many mentions at all?


Finally, rounding up: is my life meaningless if I do not appear on any personal dictionary? Do I mean something only if someone else thinks so?

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

 
 

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