We could all use a little more nonsense, if only to remind us not to get too caught up in the models we’ve imposed on the world. Language is not reality. The map is not the territory. As Alan Watts liked to say, “The menu is not the meal.” That’s my answer, when all is said and done: make your words real, even if you have to make them up as you go. If you have the courage to define yourself, and take ownership over the terms by which you live your life, something mysterious will happen: the walls will fall away, and the world will open up.
