Mark Z. Danielewski Quote
It is beneficial to consider the origins of riddle. The Old English rædelse means opinion, conjure which is related to the Old English raedon to interpret in turn belonging to the same etymological history of read. Riddling is an offshoot of reading calling to mind the participatory nature of that act--to interpret--which is all the adult world has left when faced with the unsolvable. To read actually comes from the Latin reri to calculate, to think which is not only the progenitor of read but of reason as well, both of which hail from the Greek arariskein to fit. Aside from giving us reason, arariskein also gives us an unlikely sibling, Latin arma meaning weapons. It seems that to fit the world or to make sense of it requires either reason or arms.
It is beneficial to consider the origins of riddle. The Old English rædelse means opinion, conjure which is related to the Old English raedon to interpret in turn belonging to the same etymological history of read. Riddling is an offshoot of reading calling to mind the participatory nature of that act--to interpret--which is all the adult world has left when faced with the unsolvable. To read actually comes from the Latin reri to calculate, to think which is not only the progenitor of read but of reason as well, both of which hail from the Greek arariskein to fit. Aside from giving us reason, arariskein also gives us an unlikely sibling, Latin arma meaning weapons. It seems that to fit the world or to make sense of it requires either reason or arms.