My dear boy,
I suppose that from our interactions you can deduce that we are moving into an age where it is necessary to have such men who can interpret visions accurately; in the sense that they can bring the future to us today. I figure that’s what interpretation means. It’s not merely the demystification of codes, but the pushing back of time, in that accurate interpretation of codes results in the compression of time and effort that would be required to realize the said idea.
Case in point: Pharaoh having a dream, and then having need for an interpreter. We see that the interpreters do not necessarily have to be dreamers in themselves, but their ability to demystify the codes captured in ideologies distinguishes them. Casting this against the backdrop of modern times, it follows that those who are able to interpret visions and create policies that would bring about the realization of those visions are the people we need. We call them interpreters. They are the interpreters, and we need them. As such, you don’t have to have the dream; you only need to be an interpreter.
This further highlights the importance of organizational communication. In the world we’re moving into, communication strategists become one of the most sought-after professionals, given that these are people who can accurately interpret the mind of tomorrow today. After all, a vision is tomorrow’s reality transmitted to the mind of today. A wrong interpretation of that reality results in the plunging of a nation into chaos.
Hence, there would never come a time when the writer is sufficient to himself; the critic is necessary to the interrogation of the mind of the writer, no matter what temporal plane he chooses: be it yesterday, today, or tomorrow. As such, interpretation, in its simplest form, is the accurate decoding of the communication between tomorrow’s reality and the mind of today. This is not wild, considering that life is lived in past tense.
Love,
Dad.
