There's an interesting though that goes like this- Every single person has a different perspective of what they see and hear. So the Earth actually consists of billions of different worlds, all customary to the specific perspective of a said individual. It's amazing to think that the air we feel and the trees and sky we see actually exist in billions of different dimensions and worlds, all depending on who perceives it. This idea allows for infinite possibilities of exploration, art, and beauty.
This is exactly how I feel about art! Some people study the physical substance of the world and others study the world inside people.
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ReplyDeleteIt's one of my favorite strips, there. You should read Sandman, too-- I can lend you mine, once Rebecca's done with them.
I'm glad we agree Meadhbh, as we usually do. Patience, I'd be interested in reading Sandman
ReplyDeleteI like that idea, but recently, I've been feeling the opposite, as all those different worlds are actually the same, as if everything IS the universe. If we can think past the individual, we can exist as one with the universe. Although it sounds paradoxical, all of those perceived differences may exist as all the same thing of a bigger picture.
ReplyDeleteSometimes you need to look at the bigger picture. But studying the details within the picture and the world that they carry is important too because it helps you to be less clinical and more open-minded. I suppose you just have to find a balance. I mean to me, news reporters look at the bigger picture, they say x amount of people died in this battle and what advances were made, all that kind of information, as if "well it's only x amount of people in a world of billions". A painting like Picasso's Guernica looks at the worlds attached to those numbers and bases his painting on that. The painting is distressing to look at but it's the unvarnished truth without any euphemisms... and sometimes that's exactly what we need to see, it's a wake-up call, so I think you do need to study worlds within the world to see the bigger picture is less black and white than you think.
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