Friday, May 1, 2009

kara walling. ecology of eden

Abstraction
This was something I found very interesting. Abstraction is when you pull away from something. We live in a world full of abstraction through cause and affect. An example of this is the #2. If someone asks you how many cookies are on the plate (lets say there are "2") so you say 2. but in reality you dont have 2 cookies, you only have cookies. The number 2 is simply one of the abstractions we live by through this method of cause and effect. I honestly would have never looked at it this way, if it wasnt presented to me in that way. It's really interesting how we choose to live our lives so strategically, instead of naturally. I just think abstraction is another way that reinforces us to stay just how we are.

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