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October 31, 2005
Labyrinth of Words
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Borges' "The Library of Babel."
Borges believes in the "infinite, perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries." Throughout the writing, he creates a complex labyrinth for us to think about. Only a few thousand words long, Borges' story draws us into a world both deeply familiar and utterly surreal. I question as to why the "absolute shape, or at least our perception of space" is hexagonal. What about cirular shapes? Is it really "illogical to think that the world is infinite?"
Posted by min at October 31, 2005 09:56 AM