Zakery
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beauty is knowledge 💞
Midway between the extremes of rational and irrational there lies the huge, far-too-explored territory of the irrational. Same with right and wrong.
There was a young man from Nantucket Who thought that his mind was a bucket. So he went back to school Where they filled it with gruel Until he rebelled saying
Beauty needs knowledge to be appreciated. The deepest beauty will require deep expertise.
Where can I find this story? I do not want to be spared. "...in fact, my ideas about induction originated in a conjecture about the evolution of Western polyphony." - Karl Popper, Conjectures and Refutations, p. 105
Because, to paraphrase Popper, we have a duty to be optimistic. Because the future is open, not predetermined and therefore cannot just be 'accepted': we are all responsible for what it holds. Thus it is our duty to fight for a better world.
I'm still learning to take it personally. I'm not good at raging but I ought to "rage, rage against the dying of the light".
Progress does more than empower us with new and mighty ideas. Progress also frees us from devilish and fruitless ones. We gain new tools, and learn to fly high above various pits of muck that would previously have wasted and soured our lives.
If we were born a blank slate, we would all enter into an individual and unique part of the infinitely wide and infinitely deep space of information, and hence have very little shared knowledge, and have little chance of understanding that there are experiences and minds other…
In the future, with wealth and Wonderism, every single unknown beauty can be known; every accidental artwork can be intentioned; every stone can be polished; every window can be stained.
how did they know to name it that before we had space
Criticism and analysis allow for the deeper appreciation of beauty
The glass is half full? The glass is half empty? The glass is too small!
knowledge allows us to unlock infinite amounts of beauty
Language, art, and intuition are all universal forms of expression. They each just have their own natural emphasis
I had some thoughts about a hierarchy of expressiveness for artistic mediums
No two smartphones are the same. Every one is customised, making humans freer to change or fine-tune their lifestyles than ever before in history. Of course they are still complaining. And so they should, for that is nothing compared to what is in their power to improve further.
An Artist sacrifices His Art When he sacrifices His Innocence.