Free write on “paraphrase x3”

Using paraphrase times three allows me to further analyze sentences or concepts.  When reading a complicated sentence or idea, it can be easier to just graze through it in a larger text, neglecting its true purpose.  When paraphrasing a complicated sentence, I have realized that I tredge deeper into my interpretation, making sense of what the writer is trying to say while adding my own opinions to the idea.   Simplifying a complicated text can allow varying interpretations, allowing an individualization of views. In my last post about “paraphrase x3” for Okakura Kakuzo’s Book of Tea: chapter “The Cup of Humanity”,  I took two sentences I found to be confusing, and rewrote them into one sentence.  I chose to use only one sentence in order to further simplify the somewhat complicated idea.  I looked at each sentence separately, then together, realizing that the second sentence only further supported the basic idea of the first sentence.  I then looked at the phrases that made up the first sentence, picking out ideas. This sentence had about three different sections that contributed to the comprehension of the overall main idea.  Looking at each section separately, swapping different words for the rather complex ones, and then combining them again. Taking these three sections, now simplified, broke the sentence down to the basics, which made them easy to comprehend.  Recombining these parts to one whole idea, now influenced by my own thoughts, created a fresh perspective on the author’s original intentions.