Incredibly stunning. I adore it from the anime leg flares to the dandy ruffles. The subtlety of kali heads by her side (how can that *really* be subtle? :) and the exquisite detail of the bridle. Oh my!!! Congratulations on true invention.
I also like the fact that she's black in this stage of her life. Like all of us she has been born and lives, reflected in the eyes of the world. There's a philosophical idea by Nelson Goodman considering the value of induction. Inductively we learn to expect emeralds to be green, because in every previous perception, they've been green and we expect properties to be eternal. He points out that perhaps all emeralds are not green, but some are grue. What's grue? Something is grue if it is green up until the year 2020 and blue afterwards. Prior to 2020, no amount of induction could ever differentiate between grue and green emeralds, hence its limitation as a reasoning device. Your girl; she's a little bit grue. :)
It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.morgan303September 26 2008, 09:06:01 UTC
I am only just refraining from making jokes about whether or not you can be eaten by a grue prior to 1980.:P
But on a more serious note, dear Christ. Sometimes I think you need a degree in mathematics to understand analytical philosophy. That befuzzles me utterly. No wonder I seek comfort in continental philosophy. You're ludicrously clever to be able to understand all that.
Re: It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.qamarSeptember 26 2008, 11:56:54 UTC
That befuzzles me utterly.
My fault for poor explanation then!!! I've never had a conversation with you that lead to misunderstanding... so something's getting lost in the text. :)
All the above example is trying to point out is that we have expectations about reality and we impose our categories upon it. But, what if the underlying structures defy our intuitions and experience? The universe is so large, that it shouldn't be that surprising. H.P. Lovecraft would be onboard I suspect! The next question is, if reality was so different to what we think, then how could we ever uncover it? The grue example above is something beyond our means to measure until 2020. But, grue is just the beginning.
Re: It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.morgan303September 28 2008, 09:08:22 UTC
I know you'd be able to make me understand in person. But one of the problems that I had getting my head around analytical philosophy in the first place was all of the logic puzzles. My head isn't wired that way and I get terribly frustrated. The poetry, conceptuality and abstraction of Continental sits much better with me. Which isn't to denigrate analytical/classic philosophy in the least, but I get easily confused by it. It's much more mathematical, more scientific in tone I think.
But I think I get what you're saying. My difficulty with this sort of problem - the grue sort - is that I automatically assume that the underlying structures of reality defy our meagre experience. I think that's because I tend to think poetically/magically/spiritually rather than mathematically, and my inherent sense of wonder makes this sort of speculation a little confusing to me. I see how the grue thing makes an interesting problem, but it seems like a game or an exam question, rather than philosophy. For me personally, logic puzzles don't answer
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Re: It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.qamarSeptember 28 2008, 09:49:23 UTC
I automatically assume that the underlying structures of reality defy our meagre experience.
Which is why I thought you might dig the example. Plato, Kant and numerous others have supposed that reality defied our meagre experiences and they are antecedent to both analytic and continental philosophies. I don't think this issue is about an artificial divide between disciplines (yes, I think the rhetoric that keeps us separated is more political than factual). The brilliance of philosophy, real philosophy, is that these questions are eternal and magical and fascinating. The differences stem from the way the questions are asked/answered, not the questions themselves. That's why I brought it up. I wanted to tap into your creation and say 'hey, this reminds me of all the mystique of reality and our meagre perceptions of it... and I'm in awe'. :)
I think that's because I tend to think poetically/magically/spiritually rather than mathematically, Which is funny because I can't separate mathematics and spirituality! :) The Pythagorean cult
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Re: It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.qamarSeptember 28 2008, 09:52:07 UTC
BTW, I'm sitting my my little book-filled room, writing to you. Cicadas are chirping and there's a whisper of perfume on the breeze and its ace and classic and just like all my 18th century dreams entwined together into a magical knot of manifestation. Thank you.
Re: It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.morgan303September 28 2008, 10:09:24 UTC
Oh, you're ace. I was just thinking how wonderful it is to have made some art, and to have it inspire a conversation like this one, with my wonderful clever friend who thinks about the same things in sometimes completely different ways to me. I just wish I hadn't spent all day dealing with The General Public at work, and that my brain wasn't mush as a result (on the other hand I did get to ride for a good hour, so that sort of made up for the sticky children).
I hope your city smells as much like Jasmine as mine. Because it's heavenly. We have no cicadas yet, but we have armloads of Jasmine.
Thank you ever such a lot. I'm glad you like. It's been like a new lease on life, getting back into making something just for me, not for hire, as it were. Illustration is fun, and certainly more fun than any other "job", but making something just for me is...well, I feel like I'm doing what I'm made for again. Between that and the holiday out at my Mum's I feel like myself, and I'd forgotten how to for so long.
To make things even better, work couldn't get hold of me while I was away due to reception issues, and are "punishing" me by docking my hours. Which will make money a bit tight but there are no words to describe the relief I feel at not having to deal with The General Public full-time, right now when I'm feeling like me properly for the first time in ages. They've actually done me a huge favour.
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But on a more serious note, dear Christ. Sometimes I think you need a degree in mathematics to understand analytical philosophy. That befuzzles me utterly. No wonder I seek comfort in continental philosophy. You're ludicrously clever to be able to understand all that.
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My fault for poor explanation then!!! I've never had a conversation with you that lead to misunderstanding... so something's getting lost in the text. :)
All the above example is trying to point out is that we have expectations about reality and we impose our categories upon it. But, what if the underlying structures defy our intuitions and experience? The universe is so large, that it shouldn't be that surprising. H.P. Lovecraft would be onboard I suspect! The next question is, if reality was so different to what we think, then how could we ever uncover it? The grue example above is something beyond our means to measure until 2020. But, grue is just the beginning.
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But I think I get what you're saying. My difficulty with this sort of problem - the grue sort - is that I automatically assume that the underlying structures of reality defy our meagre experience. I think that's because I tend to think poetically/magically/spiritually rather than mathematically, and my inherent sense of wonder makes this sort of speculation a little confusing to me. I see how the grue thing makes an interesting problem, but it seems like a game or an exam question, rather than philosophy. For me personally, logic puzzles don't answer ( ... )
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Which is why I thought you might dig the example. Plato, Kant and numerous others have supposed that reality defied our meagre experiences and they are antecedent to both analytic and continental philosophies. I don't think this issue is about an artificial divide between disciplines (yes, I think the rhetoric that keeps us separated is more political than factual). The brilliance of philosophy, real philosophy, is that these questions are eternal and magical and fascinating. The differences stem from the way the questions are asked/answered, not the questions themselves. That's why I brought it up. I wanted to tap into your creation and say 'hey, this reminds me of all the mystique of reality and our meagre perceptions of it... and I'm in awe'. :)
I think that's because I tend to think poetically/magically/spiritually rather than mathematically, Which is funny because I can't separate mathematics and spirituality! :) The Pythagorean cult ( ... )
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I hope your city smells as much like Jasmine as mine. Because it's heavenly. We have no cicadas yet, but we have armloads of Jasmine.
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To make things even better, work couldn't get hold of me while I was away due to reception issues, and are "punishing" me by docking my hours. Which will make money a bit tight but there are no words to describe the relief I feel at not having to deal with The General Public full-time, right now when I'm feeling like me properly for the first time in ages. They've actually done me a huge favour.
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Congratulations! Just beautiful....as I always expected...
So glad you are working...
Sadly, I'm in a super rush now, but will take a really careful look and read through tonight.
Yay, you!
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Hope you're having fun in whatever awesome part of Europe you're rushing in right now.:)
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I can feel your lease rippling through the star kissed air. :)
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