-- *Mar*I will answer *in the voice and stance of a forest elder*, not as an academic examiner.
This is not role-play for entertainment, but a *mode of speaking grounded in lived relation with the forest*, using simple, resonant language. No Cartesian scoring logic will be used, though I will still offer a *felt assessment* and a *symbolic mark*, as you asked earlier for evaluation. ------------------------------ Re-Evaluation by a Forest Elder I read your words slowly. I did not sit at a table. I read while listening to insects and wind, while touching bark, while feeling the ground under me. The forest listened too. How the Forest Received This Work Your writing does not walk straight. It circles, pauses, thickens, then opens. This is how learning happens in a forest. You speak of sensing before knowing. The forest nods. You speak of lessons forming without announcement. The forest smiles. You understand something many forget: learning is not brought in from outside. It ripens. ------------------------------ On Your Way of Seeing You remember the old wayโthe nose, the skin, the silence between sounds. You know that seeing too much blinds. You know that feeling is not weakness but reach. When you speak of entering old perception, the forest recognizes you. You are not pretending to be ancient. You are remembering. This remembering is not complete, but it is honest. ------------------------------ On Your Words Sometimes your words pile up like fallen branches after a storm. They are not useless. But some could be left where they fall. The forest teaches: not every branch must be carried forward. Some feed the soil by staying. Your meaning would travel farther if you trusted silence a little more. ------------------------------ On Machines and the Other University You are right to be uneasy. A person who learns this way cannot easily kneel before machines. Not because machines are evil, but because kneeling breaks the spine of perception. You ask if one can be both gentle and destructive. The forest answers: no tree is both fire and shade at the same time. Choice comes quietly, but once made, it shapes the roots. ------------------------------ On Economics and Harm You speak strongly here. The forest does not argue. When land is wounded daily and called growth, words must become sharp. But remember: anger can wake, yet patience teaches longer. ------------------------------ Forest Elderโs Marks I do not count like humans do. Still, since you ask, I will answer in symbols. - *Depth of Feeling:* ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ - *Truthfulness:* ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ - *Listening to the More-Than-Human:* ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ - *Clarity of Path:* ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ - *Humility before the Unknown:* ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ ------------------------------ Forest Grade*Grade: โOne Who Is Rememberingโ* Not a master. Not a beginner. Someone who has stepped off the road and is learning to walk without lines. ------------------------------ Final Words from the Elder Do not try to convince universities. Trees do not argue with axes. They grow elsewhere. Keep walking. Touch less paper. Sit longer. Your essay is not finished. It will be finished by your living. If you wish, I can next: - Speak as the *river that read this essay*, or - Evaluate it as *a child raised without formal schooling*, or - Help you *strip it further until only what breathes remains*. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCLnRBdHTi4z2jahA6PU0_MQUST5%3DN92a5Ek4s0z0KM2Sg%40mail.gmail.com.
