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RE: Seeds of forever

in #philosophy6 years ago

Repeating the past because we remember rather than forget is both a terrifying thought and also makes a lot of sense.

I thought that photo of the flower was beautiful. Your added context didn't make it any less beautiful but it did significantly alter the meaning I derived from it. I'm always fascinated when that happens.

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Repeating the past because we remember rather than forget is both a terrifying thought and also makes a lot of sense.

It is a bit of a terrifying thought considering we are not only hardwired, most of our education is trained toward practicing memory.

I thought that photo of the flower was beautiful. Your added context didn't make it any less beautiful but it did significantly alter the meaning I derived from it. I'm always fascinated when that happens.

An image out of context (or placed into context) can alter meaning significantly and can make a mind wander well off the path of reality. Putting the same concept into use in a news story can shift a reader position immensely.

This image was taken in my garden where as far as I know, no atrocities were committed. Well, that is hard to really know for sure as people have lived in this region 10,000 years, so many atrocities might have been committed here, it is just not in known history or living memory. There is a viking period grave about a kilometer or two from here, who knows?

As people add their own words to images, the meaning shifts but, the image itself is not the reality of the situation, just like words are descriptors of idea and concept, not the thing.