In the Beginning Wasn't the Word

The Greek idea of logos features prominently in western civilization. "In the beginning was the word" and all--that is, the idea that reality is symbolic--that is, human words, letters, paintings capture the essence of nature and the universe. That consciousness is symbolic.

This line of thinking leads to solipsism and it's evil little buddy nihilism and countless mind prisons of ideology and religion.

The world's not symbolic; your brain doesn't even run on symbols. You're not going to capture reality with your poetry, your paintings, even your HD camera, nor will you capture reality with your math or your physics or your computers.