What is a corkscrew, really?
A corkscrew shows you an idea then it shows you the pattern in the idea then it shows you the pattern without the idea. 1. A corkscrew shows you an idea. Like any affirmative declarative sentence a corkscrew shows you an idea, presents an idea to you. It presents you with information about the world. 2. But a corkscrew shows you the pattern of an idea. Unlike most sentences which display an idea, a corkscrew shows you the pattern of the idea it displays, It makes the flesh of the idea translucent so you can discern its anatomy, see its bones, identify the underlying structure that gives it shape. A corkscrew presents you with information about the information it is presenting to you. 3.A corkscrew shows you the pattern without the idea. After a corkscrew presents an idea and the pattern of the idea it goes one step further; it displays the pattern without the aid of the idea it is the pattern of. A corkscrew presents you with information about the information it presented you. A corksc