Cryptic writes share just as much of their personal experiences as confessional writers do. It is only that the cryptic prefer to use more esoteric codes.
None of my grandparents had more than an elementary school education, my mother has a B.A. degree from NTU, and my father has a Ph.D. degree from RPI. So while I remain unimpressed with inherited wealth, I am equally unimpressed with my own endowment—intelligence.
The first level is physical: I see the world while wearing your glasses, and things look interestingly out of focus. The second level is perspectival: I see the world while standing in your place, things appear fascinatingly alien. The third level is perceptual: I see the world as organized by your distinctions, and nothing is ever the same.
An act of responsibility is made possible by the capacities of initiating, beginning, and breaking, yet also by the capacities of responding, ending, and binding.
