To thread this with another idea I'll borrow from Baudrillard's signs which basically states that a sign represents some physical reality. If the symbol represents some unseen truth then messing with it, obscuring it -even explaining it away-can make the truth harder to recognize
Sometimes my brain makes weird connections in a snap moment... like the time I figured out 21 pilots was named after the 21 pilots who perished after a deliberately overlooked aircraft malfunction in the Arthur Miller play, All My Sons
It isn't always right but I'm mildly aware that the human brain is always making connections subconsciously. If pattern recognition is built into our brains, symbols in our world clue us in on the metaphysical (truth that cannot be perceived with the physical eye)
@MattPirkowski https://t.co/mzGwciZKxU
You mean like this? He mentions Luther briefly here but more importantly it has all the expansive otherworldly-ness that characterizes a heaven-like utopia without Christ.
@MattPirkowski The more intelligent our tools become, the less intelligent we become. I will say though that the private journals and diaries of today’s kids show that there’s always a latent ability to engage complex ideas in the human mind
@anthonyperasso https://t.co/68vtDM8KOp
The shot reminds me of the scene from Chariots of Fire where he’s talking to a crowd about faith and how it ties into his life as a runner
@PageauJonathan A true image is an abstraction, it cannot be explained, it only transmits truth and one can only comprehend it in one's own heart
-Tarkovsky
I suspect, similar to quantum wave collapse upon being observed, the attempt to ‘present’ removes complexity and thus reality.
@spaceangelvoice You guys definitely have some level of child-like lightheartedness around you. I dunno if it’s just maturity but there’s a palpable sense of optimism and not taking anything too seriously. Literally all my millennial friends are that way 🔍🔍
@jivinjohnny -instead of listening to guys on the internet who use not just you but other young men and women (with woke ideology) as foot soldiers of their ideas.
@jivinjohnny You’re participating in what amounts to the red guard and Iranian student protests little knowing that the end result is totalitarian control (democracy is still impossible in both countries and probably won’t be for decades). Go be a good father and forge your own path
@ChristopherHale For anyone wondering: You’re gonna see a lot of ex-trad wife content in the next few decades. Similar to Fredian’s explosive book, it’s ultimately going to harm the concept of marriage for women and introduce more lexical arguments against it. These guys are so stupid. GJ!