{"id":828,"date":"2008-09-12T13:07:26","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T17:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=828"},"modified":"2009-08-28T15:43:26","modified_gmt":"2009-08-28T19:43:26","slug":"you-can-run-but-you-cant-hide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/you-can-run-but-you-cant-hide\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Run but You Can&#8217;t Hide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a title=\"whiskey river: 'All you can do...,' by Richard Leviton\" href=\"http:\/\/whiskeyriver.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/all-you-can-do-is-this-whatever-you.html\" target=\"_blank\">whiskey river<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>All you can do is this: Whatever you experience, whether tangible or intangible, look underneath the experience, like a child looking for a lizard under a stone. You&#8217;re not expecting anything to be there, but you&#8217;re always wondering if there might be.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Richard Leviton)<\/p>\n<p>Not from whiskey river:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One of life&#8217;s primal situations; the game of hide and seek. Oh, the delicious thrill of hiding while the others come looking for you, the delicious terror of being discovered, but what panic when, after a long search, the others abandon you! You mustn&#8217;t hide too well. You mustn&#8217;t be too good at the game. The player must never be bigger than the game itself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Jean Baudrillard, <em>Cool Memories<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>And finally, sometimes you can&#8217;t help wondering if there might be something under the <em>next<\/em> stone, too&#8230; Cartoon from <a title=\"Funny Times cartoon archive: Transcendental hide and seek\" href=\"http:\/\/www.funnytimes.com\/cotw\/cotw20080430.php\" target=\"_blank\">The Funny Times cartoon archive<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funnytimes.com\/cotw\/cotw20080430.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: .5em; padding: .25em; border: 1px solid silver;\" title=\"From Funny Times cartoon archives (click for original)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnesimpson.com\/images\/funnytimes_cartoon20080430.jpg?resize=381%2C529&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"529\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From whiskey river: All you can do is this: Whatever you experience, whether tangible or intangible, look underneath the experience, like a child looking for a lizard under a stone. You&#8217;re not expecting anything to be there, but you&#8217;re always wondering if there might be. 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