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Ellington said that he didn't believe in categories. Wire, with this song, has elaborated his point abstrusely.
What is Map Ref. 41N 93W? It's a longabout way of referencing a town called Centerville in Illinois.
Human-defined categories are our way to understand our world - "whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name."
(Genesis 2:19), but defining things has a way of defeating our understanding of things as they are.
"Chorus: Interrupting my train of thought/ Lines of longitude and latitude/ Define and refine my altitude"
Labeling the chorus is obvious and reinforces the point that categories reinforce preconceived notions about how we perceive
the world.
Ellington said that he didn't believe in categories. Wire, with this song, has elaborated his point abstrusely.
What is Map Ref. 41N 93W? It's a longabout way of referencing a town called Centerville in Illinois.
Human-defined categories are our way to understand our world - "whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name."
(Genesis 2:19), but defining things has a way of defeating our understanding of things as they are.
"Chorus: Interrupting my train of thought/ Lines of longitude and latitude/ Define and refine my altitude"
Labeling the chorus is obvious and reinforces the point that categories reinforce preconceived notions about how we perceive
the world.