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The line is made up of an infinite number of points; the plane of an infinite number of lines; the volume of an infinite number of planes; the hypervolume of an infinite number of volumes. -JORGE LUIS BORGES The Book of Sand (1953)
PRO-SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR Islamic Art and Spirituality (1987)
CON-MOSES Exodus 20:4
ALICE TO QUEEN 7"But the things can get out," Alice gently remarked. "Do you know the lid's open?" "I didn't know it," the Knight said, a shade of vexation passing over his face. "Then all the things must have fallen out! And the box is no use without them." He unfastened it as he spoke, and was just going to throw it into the bushes, when a sudden thought seemed to strike him, and he hung it carefully on a tree. "Can you guess why I did that?" he said to Alice. Alice shook her head. "In hopes some bees may make a nest in it - then I should get the honey." -LEWIS CARROLL
KOAN HEADS
In contrast to formal education in the sciences, discipline in
the arts and skilled trades is not complete without the trial of
the koan. Every student of practical creativity is given a simple
form, such as an egg or cube, to study for days and weeks. The
purpose of the koan is to break the hold of fundamental concepts
on the students' perceptions. Every different way that an artist
can express the idea of a cube is equivalent to the different
equations that a mathematician can derive from a cube.
T. B. PAWLICKI Higher Dimensions of Space & Time (1984)
Shadow boxes become poetic theatres or settings wherein are
metamorphosed the elements of a childhood pastime. The fragile,
shimmering globules become the shimmering but more enduring
planets - a connotation of moon and tides - the association of
water less subtle, as when driftwood pieces make up a proscenium
to set off the dazzling white of sea-foam and billowy cloud
crystallized in a pipe of fancy.
-JOSEPH CORNELL Solar System (1956-58)
VENUS MARS
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