Deconstruction

   As a writer, I am also the reader. I'm conscious of myself reading as I write, interpreting as I write, and witnessing the evolution of the work from beginning to end. Coleridge said, "Writing is neither information nor expression, it is both in the continued act of becoming one another."
   Some people will get more of what I write. Modern audiences require constant change and stimulation to hold their attention.
   An animated TV show may cater to both adults and children by assaulting the senses with a new gag every few seconds, providing plenty of semiotic relation for everyone in the broad audience demographic.

   Deconstruction concepts in fiction give room for the reader to derive conscious or unconscious meanings at varience with the writer, which subverts the assumption that only the author determines meaning of the text.
   Although Jaques Derrida delves into the semiotic heart in search of meaning, he ultimately over reaches. By confining 'ultimate truth' and 'essence' within intellectual understanding, Derrida becomes a caricature of himself; a scholorly dwarf who thinks that by jumping high he can reach up and catch the moon. In other words, Derrida exposes himself in overstepping his own theoretical limitations in an attempt to prove his earlier theories.

   Some people consider disappearing language as death of a culture. Others argue that language diversification within enclaves fosters nationalistic fervor and sectarian animosity.
   One thing is for certain. There is ample semiotic and deconstructive individuality in any of the world's languages.
   Other people claim that English will overtake all other languages. In essence it already has, buttressed by the mass communications industry. Many cultures and civilizations have already surrendered autonomy and cultural tradition to the prevailing power.

   Deconstruction and semiotic theory are overly confined to human intellect as significant sources of knowledge assimilation. Conversely, native people and cultural traditions worldwide accept spiritual revelation in defining reality. Many accept that knowledge or wisdom can be handed down as a gift from a higher source.
   Any language theorist truly concerned about cultural diversity would not be so hasty in throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

   Word jugglery is hardly an entertaining circus act, except amongst literary theorists. People like Derrida absolve themselves from being either right or wrong about anything they do or say.
   Such slight of hand theories are at best an intellectual exercise, and possibly the first line of irrational defence I make if ever hauled before a court magistrate.




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