Philosophy is Like a Painting
We are all artists in our own right.
When you first look at a painting, your eyes often deceive you. Take this mystical illusive painting by Oleg Shuplyak for example. We see certain patterns of strokes that morph into a figure of a woman. Your eyes can only take you so far in terms of the aesthetics of something.
To an untrained eye, a painting is a painting. They don't see the layers and layers behind the delicate stroke of a brush. They don't necessarily see the hidden meaning the artist themself was trying to convey.
But the point remains. There is much more substance of thought to a painting than we think. This is where the similarity with philosophy comes in.
Art is merely a branch off of philosophy. They are both expressive crafts. The following words I write serve as an analogy to better help one understand their place within philosophy.
Interpretations On How We Should Live
As my favorite writer of philosophy on this platform Steven Gambardella writes “Philosophy is trying to understand the world and our place in it…philosophy is about having the vision to change the world.”
Just like a painting, philosophy has different layers and different meanings. Each person has the right to…
