I emailed you a couple of pictures.
Over the weekend I was at the “Creativity
Center” in Dubuque. It was kind of a
self-pottery making place, with a some painting, a Lego station, some small
machine things, and some opportunities for classes for both kids and adults. We were just looking around to see what it
was. I took a couple of pictures there
that I want you to comment on – on the blog. Notice the first picture: “Feel, See, Think Wonder”. At first glance (“Prima Facie’), these all
seem to work together. Philosophically,
however, some would argue that “Feel and See” are largely different concepts
than “Think and Wonder”. In fact, some would argue that they are in two
totally different camps of epistemology.
How so??? Comment on that. Don’t worry about being right or wrong, just
comment on it.
For the second picture, Pablo Picasso was a
very famous European painter, sculptor and print-maker and he was also a poet
and playwright. He would be considered
an a major authority on aesthetics, and a reliable source for art in general. Since I didn’t know what he meant by his
statement I thought I would ask you.
What does he mean?
Use the blog to comment on these
10 points.
Due by this Friday – January 16th.
I feel like feel see think and wonder all fit together. Like you see something wonder what it is think its something but don't know for sure so u feel it. They are all a process in which you identify things, Then the Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction. Ill admit i build stuff with legos for reasons i care not to explain but those legos were once built as the instructions said to build it. eventually you got tired of it destroyed it then made a better creation then lets think back to when legos were made plastic was melted down (destroyed) to make the lego pieces. Or lets say the Big bang theory it was a boom fire other wise known as destruction then all the stuff we know of today were created.
ReplyDeleteI agree that we identify things through the 4 areas, but also many others. I agree that it's a process.
DeletePersonally I think when it comes to art its all interpreted by the person looking at it. Some one for example might see the picture as a butterfly, others may see it as a lion. Everyone has a different input on it. Art is a beautiful thing through which someone may express there feelings or create new ones. Lots of towns and countries have art spread through out them. Have you ever walked down the streets of a bustling metropolitan area? Theres art all around, buildings, statues, paintings, even the way some people dress may be art. It's all about the way people see it, so take some time today and just look around for some art...
ReplyDeleteI agree. There's urban art, such as the whole of Chicago, or rural art, like driving down b-45. Both are very different, but also similar.
DeleteWhen grouping "Feel and See" and "Think and Wonder" they relate in ways of how they are completed. Feel and see would both be considered senses so they are linked, while think and wonder both take place in the mind. They require one to expand their current state of nothing into looking at the outside world stirring some form of thought. But as for all four in the same context it makes sense. If someone were to see something and feel it and start to think about its function they may wonder what else can it be used for? As a philosopher the series of words make perfect sense when analyzing just about anything. As for Picasso's quote, to create one thing, one must disrupt the natural for of another. Like painting a canvas. The pure and untouched canvas is destroyed by the color of the paint. Also if you were to decorate a classroom. You would have to destroy the emptiness of said room and fill it with material items, also the room destroyed the healthy earth that one bloomed where it stands. Picasso was right, you have to destroy one thing to create the next big thing.
ReplyDeleteFeel and see would support empiricism [Hume], think and wonder would support rationalism [Decartes], and the synthesis of the two ends would support constructivism [Kant].
DeleteI'm not sure we always have to destroy to create, but maybe sometimes. Some current [2014] brain research suggests you need to forget some things to remember others, like to learn a new password you have to forget your old one.
I believe feeling and seeing are separate from thinking and wondering but not totally unrelated. Without the instance of seeing and feeling something there is no call for one to think or wonder, and henceforth they are separate but reliant upon each other.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what Lexi is saying. I was thinking that feel and see are senses while think and wonder are items that are part of the brain. I believe that these four words are in different parts of epistemology. I agree with Picasso. In order to create something, you destroy or use something from somewhere else. With everything, there's positives and negatives.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what Mason is saying. Feeling something is related to seeing something. For example seeing a cute little fluffy dog and then seeing and imagining how soft it is make you want to feel it. That's where thinking and wondering come in. The little thought and wondered about put our senses to use which would be the feeling and seeing. A rose has a bunch of thorns but people still think its beautiful. The wonder and thinking of a rose probably makes the thought of Valentine's Day or something of that sort come up, well seeing a rose and actually feeling are different because the feeling isn't so beautiful it hurts. They all work together in a crazy way.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jillian about Picasso. A lot of different ideas came from something that was destroyed and create something totally new out of it. If our minds create something it's usually from something we have previously saw or that was destroyed and try to recreate it.
"Think", "Wonder", "Feel", and "See" are all different actions; some are performed by the mind and the other two are more physical experiences. They can all occur at the same time or consecutively. Each, they are individual strings that resonate separately, but possess the ability to be strummed together in a new sound. In other words, they are separate but relate to each other equally.
ReplyDeleteI like Lexi's connotation of Picasso's quote. It's interesting to think that something like a blank canvas really is "destroyed" when paint touches it. And to think further, trees were destroyed to make the canvas paper and wooden holder. For those trees to grow, nutrients and water are sucked away from other, weaker plants, destroying them as well. Science teaches us that matter is neither created nor destroyed, but the drastic changing forms of everything around us incites a different meaning of the word "destroyed", and in that we find truth.
Feel and see are senses you can describe. Like you can describe what you're feeling and seeing easily. Thinking and wondering are more difficult to describe. Feeling and seeing are actions and thinking and wondering are in your brain. However, they are all related because they are all things humans do. As for Picasso, I totally agree with him. If you think about it, it's actually true. For example, for a new building to be created, the old one has to be destroyed or the land is destroyed. It's a good thing to create new things, but we need to be more careful with what we destroy.
ReplyDeleteWhen grouping "think", "wonder, "feel", and "see" they all seem different, but like Katrina said they are all different actions completed by the brain. They also could be categorized by a system of events. You see something or feel it then you think about it and that causes you to wonder. I'm not sure if that is how they are grouping them, that is just my input. I agree with Marcy when she shares her thoughts on Picasso's quote. Our society seems to cause destruction when building large skyscrapers, houses, or amusement parks. I, however, don't believe this statement holds true for all circumstances such as creating a child or something else on that matter.
ReplyDeleteThe actions of feel, see, think, and wonder can be classified differently but when put together one may see that in doing one of these actions the others soon follow. These actions may be in different orders to create other views and situations. With "feel", however, it can be taken as the sense or as the internal emotion. On can both feel the heat of the sun and feel happiness. My thought's on Picasso's quote is that I agree that in order to create destruction must occur. When one think of a new invention and pictures it in their mind the person will think of the smaller pieces needed to build said invention. And in order to create a stronger human being one may have to face many difficult life experiences that will mold the final product.
ReplyDeleteRegarding Feel, See, Think, and Wonder, they are all very similar and make sense together in one category. However, when grouped as feel and see, and think and wonder, they are completely different. To feel and see something is to have proof of it's physical existence. Without the ability to feel or see something, it is often argued it does not exist. For example, you cannot see the wind, but you can feel it, so we know it exists. This concept could explain why so many people have a hard time believing in ideas like Santa Clause, God, or life after death. On the other hand, to think and to wonder are the origin of an idea. Without an idea, we would not have the creation of anything to feel or see. Putting all these words together represents an acceptance that you can't have one without the other.
ReplyDeleteWith Picasso's quote, there can be many different meanings. For example, you could take it literally; in order to create something, something else must be destroyed/changed. To make a clay pot, the ball of clay is "destroyed". Putting up a building requires destruction of the ground beneath it. On the other hand, it could also mean life comes from death, and good comes from evil. There can be no good without evil, and there would be no life without death.
Good! - Note the comments I made to Lexi concerning the 4 words - the same apply to your view of it.
DeleteOn the Picasso quote, I think it might be as easy as "destroying" the memory of your old password so that you can remember your new password. There's actually some current brain research showing that forgetting is part of learning.
To Feel, See, Think, and Wonder are all very the same yet very different. All aid in our quest for knowledge. When we aren't sure what we believe or know, we wonder if it is real or not. Wonder is basically the ultimate tool of philosophy, in my opinion. Without a sense of wonder, of thinking there may be more, you really cannot expand your horizons. To think, in my opinion, is to thus form an opinion on either factual or believed to be factual information or to be unsure about factual information. "I think clocks are great" or "I think it's noon." To see and to feel are also different. Feel can mean two things; the sensation of physically touching something or the sensation of emotion. We cannot see emotion, but we can feel it. We aren't feeling it with our hands, we are more so feeling it with our mind (or soul, heart, spirit, whichever one feels is applicable). Emotion, thus, is real (which science has proven is a combination of chemicals, so real it is). To go more in depth and into murky waters, some may say they have felt the "holy spirit" move within them, and thus that makes the holy spirit real for them. Others have not felt that and thus it is not real for them. Here is where it simply becomes a personal truth or belief, because it physically cannot be proven to exist for all people like emotion can. If we can see it, it is likely to be real (unless we are hallucinating). If we can physically feel it, however, it is very likely to be real. But we can't always tell what something is by touch, but if we can see it we are much more likely to know.
ReplyDeleteOn the Picasso quote, I agree with just about everyone else when they say creation cannot exist without destruction. One extreme, peace and war or life and death (for example), cannot exist without the other. If war did not exist, neither would peace as it would simply be normal living.
I agree with what Chloe said because even though "Feel, Think, See, and Wonder" are different words with different meanings, they do belong with each other to a certain extent. We know that different things exist by using our 5 senses; Smell, taste, hear, see, and touch. We use different senses to sense what is around us. Chloe used a great example: You can feel wind, but you cannot see it so that is how we know it exists.
ReplyDeletePicasso's work could mean multiple things. Is it really just a canvas with words painted on it? Yes! But it has a meaning behind it. Using strong words to desribe how he feels, Pacasso's "painting" is truly art work!
Feel, Think, See, and Wonder are all things that you can do, but in a sense they are different. Ya you can see something then feel it, then think about it, then wonder about it, which i believe is what he is trying to say by those words. Picasso's art I think what he is trying to say is all creation was an act of destruction, you first have to fail at something really good before you can prefect it.
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