facadesaside

Hi.

This is my first post. This blog is called facadesaside because I'm learning about a great philosopher named Immanuel Kant. His great achievement was how he asserted that although we can only know appearances, there are ways in which we can trust these appearances.
The word facade is a French word. Dictionary.com says:

Facade
 /fəˈsɑd, fæ-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [fuh-sahd, fa-] Show IPA

–noun

1.	Architecture. a. the front of a building, esp. an imposing or decorative one. b. any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly.

2.	a superficial appearance or illusion of something: They managed somehow to maintain a facade of wealth.

Also, fa⋅çade.

So I am trying to get down to what is real, what is worthwhile, and what is true. The acknowledgment of facades means that I know appearances are part of reality, but I know that there is always more to learn and build in order to progress.

Then again, dictionary.com says aside means:

a⋅side

–adverb

1.	on or to one side; to or at a short distance apart; away from some position or direction: to turn aside; to move the chair aside.

2.	away from one's thoughts or consideration: to put one's cares aside.

3.	in reserve; in a separate place, as for safekeeping; apart; away: to put some money aside for a rainy day.

4.	away from a present group, esp. for reasons of privacy; off to another part, as of a room; into or to a separate place: He took him aside and talked business.

5.	in spite of; put apart; notwithstanding: all kidding aside; unusual circumstances aside.

–noun

6.	a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.

7.	words spoken so as not to be heard by others present.

8.	a temporary departure from a main theme or topic, esp. a parenthetical comment or remark; short digression.

—Idiom

9.	aside from, a. apart from; besides; excluding: Aside from her salary, she receives money from investments. b. except for: They had no more food, aside from a few stale rolls.

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Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see a- ¹ , side ¹

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.

So to put facades aside means to reveal truth in a fun double entendre. I think the alliteration and assonance of the words is also fun. The other pun going on here is that in drama, plays and literature, an aside is breaking down the fourth wall to tell the audience what the character who is making the comment is thinking or doing. In this way, I am telling you all, people who may or may not be in my life "directly" (aside: whatever that means), some of my thoughts and so on.