It’s a zeitgeisty thing. I feel the need to reflect on how our public and private languages interact.

There’s our outside public languages – the signs, messages, media, cliches and drivel that swamp our daily lives. In contrast there’s our interior, often pre-verbal conversations – our wonderings, uncertain musings, daydreaming and occasional insights waiting to surface in everyday reality and providing a tiny pop of amused recognition. Between these two zones of language lies all of life.

The obscure Australian philosopher Wayne Sartre knew all about these matters and the interaction between these two worlds. We have gone to the trouble to rescue a few of his insights from the remote interior of our land and provide them for your pleasure.