live thickly

The phrase has no particular meaning without any context. Please post sentences, not phrases out of context.

AlpheccaStarsThe phrase has no particular meaning without any context. Please post sentences, not phrases out of context.

Amen!

I want to live thickly, in layers of ideas and emotions and sensory experience.

contrapositionI want to live thickly, in layers of ideas and emotions and sensory experience.

That makes some sense to me. It's a bit odd, but it gets the meaning across.

What does it mean?

I interpret it as wanting to experience everything in life to the utmost, not just superficially, and taking nothing for granted.

But the adjective "thick" can also be a synonym for "unintelligent" or "stubborn."

eg. His head is really thick; he understood nothing of what I said.

AlpheccaStarsBut the adjective "thick" can also be a synonym for "unintelligent" or "stubborn."eg. His head is really thick; he understood nothing of what I said.

Hi, Stars. I hadn't thought of that, and I see your point. Here, though, I think something more positive is indicated by the context.

The word "thick" in English generally has less than positive connotations, and even in nominally positive or neutral situations, it is difficult to shake this basic aspect of the word. In the sentence in question, although the idea expressed seems generally positive, the basic sense of the word "thick" puts a damper on the sense of the sentence: the person wants to experience ideas, emotions, an

contrapositionI want to live thickly, in layers of ideas and emotions and sensory experience.

I envision a life bogged down by molasses, mud, and emotionally fraught situations. No freedom from the psyche.