It's a transcription of a bizarre book written in the 70's but it has a lot of interesting mock philosophy tossed in.
The particular part I was refering too talks about the placement of 5 stones kinda like this
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(I hope that translated well. Im not good at ascii art. Or any art for that matter) It asks the question, "what shape do the pebbles make?"
The observation that it makes is a bit more detailed but it bascially states that those who are attached the reality around them tend to see a pentagon while those who are at odds with it tend to criss-cross their lines to make a star.
The only true answer however would be that there is no true image and that any and all fit the bill.
The fact that you didn't see anything in your image seems to fit closer to the concept of a dynamic reality that the Principia is trying to demonstrate. Or that you can't see anything because you being the artist, already know that it means none of the things that you would normally subconsciously identify it as.
Either way, I'm really curious now as to what it's going to end up being.
Don't worry about your sanity, the fact that you question it proves that you still have it. Hmm, when I put it that way, perhaps you should keep on worrying. :: shrug ::
I had to resort to sprite... damn icees are expensive.forevermelJanuary 30 2005, 23:32:34 UTC
I'm going to lose my sanity. To be honest, you're the only one who makes my efforts seem real. I feel like I'm standing in a circle of blank faces, trying to tell them what I mean, what I'm getting to, what's next. I'm trying to explain my reasons because they distort my words to mean what they argue.
Which is part of the process, mind you. But I'm also human and can't take the fact that somehow all these people can't use their minds to open up to one more level. One more level and they would understand at least 40% of what I tell them.
Which now leads into my next step. I have to revert back for a while, and take another route. I am not trying to change the world, or the human nature. Without the ways of humans today, the world would be a mess in ways worse than just scientific messes. I think I'll focus more on what I'm trying to teach myself. You have to understand, everything I know and have learned wasn't taught to me. I never took classes in school or had any friends on a level of science or psychology. I just spent my whole life studying the world, and living the lives of many different characters so I could experience first-hand what everything was.
I'm not even making sense tonight.... I need to get out of these four walls. I need to spend the rest of the night watching Stand Up Comedy Showdown...
Re: I had to resort to sprite... damn icees are expensive.hungrysamuraiJanuary 31 2005, 23:48:53 UTC
Thats a tough wait, I know.
I wish I could say I understand, and grant you some wonderful little fortune cookie fun fact that makes it easier, but unfortunately there isn't.
You seem to have an incredibly bright mind and while I don't claim to have one I have noticed that the more open one gets to this way of thinking the more blank faces they tend to meet.
Some of those blanks will smile and nod with empty non-understanding heads, others will rage against your ways furiously because it threatens their stable sensibilties. Personally I try to humor the the former and steer clear of the latter because in the end the only person who's going to open their minds that extra level in the end is themselves, on their own, probably in a way similar to the way you have.
As cheesy/fortune cookiesque as it may sound, hang in there, you aren't alone. Stay the path that feels right to you and you'll at least hopefully be able to look yourself in the mirror at the start of the day and still be proud of the person looking back.
And you're right not to forget to laugh, sometimes it's all we have. Good luck.
It's a transcription of a bizarre book written in the 70's but it has a lot of interesting mock philosophy tossed in.
The particular part I was refering too talks about the placement of 5 stones kinda like this
*
* *
* *
(I hope that translated well. Im not good at ascii art. Or any art for that matter) It asks the question, "what shape do the pebbles make?"
The observation that it makes is a bit more detailed but it bascially states that those who are attached the reality around them tend to see a pentagon while those who are at odds with it tend to criss-cross their lines to make a star.
The only true answer however would be that there is no true image and that any and all fit the bill.
The fact that you didn't see anything in your image seems to fit closer to the concept of a dynamic reality that the Principia is trying to demonstrate. Or that you can't see anything because you being the artist, already know that it means none of the things that you would normally subconsciously identify it as.
Either way, I'm really curious now as to what it's going to end up being.
Don't worry about your sanity, the fact that you question it proves that you still have it. Hmm, when I put it that way, perhaps you should keep on worrying. :: shrug ::
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Which is part of the process, mind you. But I'm also human and can't take the fact that somehow all these people can't use their minds to open up to one more level. One more level and they would understand at least 40% of what I tell them.
Which now leads into my next step. I have to revert back for a while, and take another route. I am not trying to change the world, or the human nature. Without the ways of humans today, the world would be a mess in ways worse than just scientific messes. I think I'll focus more on what I'm trying to teach myself.
You have to understand, everything I know and have learned wasn't taught to me. I never took classes in school or had any friends on a level of science or psychology. I just spent my whole life studying the world, and living the lives of many different characters so I could experience first-hand what everything was.
I'm not even making sense tonight.... I need to get out of these four walls. I need to spend the rest of the night watching Stand Up Comedy Showdown...
It seems comedy is all I have to relieve my mind.
I can't wait for my son.
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I wish I could say I understand, and grant you some wonderful little fortune cookie fun fact that makes it easier, but unfortunately there isn't.
You seem to have an incredibly bright mind and while I don't claim to have one I have noticed that the more open one gets to this way of thinking the more blank faces they tend to meet.
Some of those blanks will smile and nod with empty non-understanding heads, others will rage against your ways furiously because it threatens their stable sensibilties. Personally I try to humor the the former and steer clear of the latter because in the end the only person who's going to open their minds that extra level in the end is themselves, on their own, probably in a way similar to the way you have.
As cheesy/fortune cookiesque as it may sound, hang in there, you aren't alone. Stay the path that feels right to you and you'll at least hopefully be able to look yourself in the mirror at the start of the day and still be proud of the person looking back.
And you're right not to forget to laugh, sometimes it's all we have. Good luck.
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