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What is a Pataphor?
The pataphor is an unusually extended metaphor invented by writer Pablo Lopez, based on Alfred Jarry's "science" of 'pataphysics.
As Jarry claimed that 'pataphysics existed "as far from metaphysics as metaphysics extends from regular reality," a pataphor attempts to create a figure of speech that exists as far from metaphor as metaphor exists from non-figurative language.
Whereas a metaphor is the comparison of a real object or event with a seemingly unrelated subject in order to emphasize the similarities between the two, the pataphor uses the newly created metaphorical similarity as a reality with which to base itself. In going beyond mere ornamentation of the original idea, the pataphor seeks to describe a new and separate world, in which an idea or aspect of a concept has taken on a life of its own.
Like ‘pataphysics itself, pataphors essentially describe two degrees of separation from reality (rather than merely one degree of separation, which is the world of metaphors and metaphysics). The pataphor may also be said to function as a critical tool, describing the world of "assumptions based on assumptions," such as belief systems or rhetoric run amok.
Example 1
Non-figurative
-Tom and Alice stood side by side in the lunch line.
Metaphor
-Tom and Alice stood side by side in the lunch line, two pieces on a chessboard.
Pataphor
-Tom took a step closer to Alice and made a date for Friday night, checkmating. Rudy was furious at losing to Margaret so easily and dumped the board on the rose-colored quilt, stomping downstairs.
(The pataphor has created a world where the chessboard exists, including the characters who live in that world, entirely abandoning the original context.)
www.pataphor.com/whatisapataphor.html
In 1900, Alfred Jarry was 27 years old. He died (permanently 'Infrathinned') in 1907.
in 1900, Marcel Duchamp was 13 years old. Infrathin suspension dissolves age, and everything else for that matter, matter being the matter, and its opposite.
The 'Large Glass', 'The Bride and her Bachelors', and 'Étant donnés' partially came from this idea. Marcel claimed that they were all part of the same piece, as was all his 'work'.
The WAH group is visiting the Metaphysical Leper Colony group today. The Peanut Mochi is the leper of the cake tin. Here we have a selection of treats with the Peanut Mochi pushed aside, an acquired taste which I and others don't have. Four of us have tried them, one of us managed to finish one but nobody wanted to try another.
Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artist's metaphysical value judgements.
Ayn Rand
To discover that metaphysical Tree which hid
From my worldling look its brilliant vein
Far deeper in gross wood
Than axe could cut.
But before I might blind sense
To see with the spotless soul,
Each particular quirk so ravished me
Every pock and stain bulked more beautiful
Than flesh of any body
Flawed by love's prints.
— Sylvia Plath “On The Plethora Of Dryads”
"That from which is everything that exists and from which it first becomes and into which it is rendered at last, its substance remaining under it, but transforming in qualities, that they say is the element and principle of things that are. …For it is necessary that there be some nature (φύσις), either one or more than one, from which become the other things of the object being saved..." Aristotle. Metaphysics. Originally Thales of Miletus
“But as for certain truth, no man has known it,
Nor will he know it; neither of the Gods
Nor yet of all the things of which I speak.
And even if by chance he were to utter
The perfect truth, he would himself not know it;
For all is but a woven web of guesses.” [Parmenides]
Book jacket for the New Metaphysical Library no.003,
An easy to read reference for the trans-dimensional traveler,
Chapters include: You and Evil You, Getting from Point A to Point -A, 6 Simple Steps for Starting your own Tangent Universe.
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Taken in the Venice Lagoon
on the background you can see the
Isola di Poveglia
You can see this part of lagoon from Lido
for the place, follow this link:
wikimapia.org/#lat=45.381482&lon=12.334106&z=16&a....
No photoshop, no digital processing
The calm of Lagoon in that moment allowed me to take this photo
For a music follow this link: Rondò Veneziano "Tramonto sulla laguna"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptNkh0mRrts&feature=related
PLEASE, SEE ON BLACK
Book jacket for the New Metaphysical Library no.075
Chapters include: "Projection Problems: Trouble-shooting Yourself into the Cosmos, Packing for Your Trip, and Transcending with Ease."
Many people rely on horoscopes. The end of the year is a particularly active period. Happy New Year wishes to all my Flickr friends.
Several ladies had their stand in that street, offering metaphysical services. More than half were busy advising customers. I wonder what they have to say.
"That from which is everything that exists and from which it first becomes and into which it is rendered at last, its substance remaining under it, but transforming in qualities, that they say is the element and principle of things that are. …For it is necessary that there be some nature (φύσις), either one or more than one, from which become the other things of the object being saved..." Aristotle. Metaphysics. Originally Thales of Miletus
This large quartz crystal cluster was displayed for sale at the Globex International Gem & Mineral Show (G.I.G.M.) at Starr Pass and I-10. Based on the size of specimen near it, I would estimate it at 1,000kg. This was our third stop after Tucson Convention Center and Kino Sports Complex.
Globex International Gem & Mineral Show
Tucson Convention Center is indoors; the exhibits are nicely curated. It is mostly retail type sales. In contrast, the G.I.G.M is housed in the Quality Inn and Motel 6 rooms and parking lots at Starr Pass & I-10. There are some large tents and some smaller 10x10 and 20x10 tents. Many of the gems, minerals, and displays are brought in by forklift on pallets. In the tents, the specimens are in large rectangular plastic containers. At TCC the vendors are retail and many of the gems sell by the gram. At G.I.G.M the vendors are retail and wholesale. Gems and minerals are sold by the pound or by the piece. There is more of a metaphysical feeling at G.I.G.M.
Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide). The atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO4Â silicon-oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO2. Quartz is, therefore, classified structurally as a framework silicate mineral and compositionally as an oxide mineral. Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in Earth's continental crust, behind feldspar.[9]
There are many different varieties of quartz, several of which are classified as gemstones. Since antiquity, varieties of quartz have been the most commonly used minerals in the making of jewelry and hardstone carvings, especially in Europe and Asia.
www.visittucson.org/tucson-gem-mineral-fossil-showcase/
Every year the world-renowned Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase is like a time portal, a trip around the world, and a treasure hunt all rolled into one. Every winter, more than 65,000 guests from around the globe descend upon Tucson, AZ, to buy, sell, trade, and bear witness to rare and enchanting gems, minerals, and fossils at more than 50Â gem show locations across the city. If you're planning a winter visit to Tucson, you won't want to miss this three-week-long event filled with shows, related events, a free day at the gem & mineral museum, and much, much more!
"Whether you're looking for a $5 shimmering crystal necklace or a show-stopping $200,000 crystallized rock from an exotic location, the Tucson Gem, Mineral, & Fossil Shows have something for everyone.
Our theme today has been shadows and appearances. In the previous three photographs we've looked at Plato, the psychology of perception, surrealism and Giorgio de Chirico's Metaphysical Art.
Those of you with a background in art history will instantly recognise the de Chirico tropes in this image - steps, elongated shadow, disquieting colour and a lack of people.
The colour palette I have chosen is also very similar to one of the most famous paintings of the modern era, "The Scream" by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944). You may not have heard of Munch, but you have most definitely seen an image of his Scream.
[There's actually one hidden in this picture somewhere, but I'll make you look more closely to find it than the previous photograph.]
"There is something about the light, the heat (physical and perhaps metaphysical), the vibrancy of street life, and the rawness and disjointedness of much of the tropical world that has moved and disturbed me - in places where the indigenous culture is often transformed by an external northern culture ..."
- Alex Webb
This shot was taken at Akko, Israel.
The city of Acre (Akko) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, dating back to the time of the Pharaoh Thutmose III (1504-1450 BCE).
It is a city of intrigue, where you can walk through labyrinthine alleys and streets and explore the remnants of Crusader, Muslim and Ottoman conquerors. Walking along the walls of the city, you also get a spectacular view of the sea and, on clear days, the city of Haifa.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre,_Israel
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Combining Metaphysics Beautiful Principles Asserting Truths.
Vollständige einflussreiche Philosophie imitativen Gedanken Probleme vorgestellt Bestimmungen,
расширенные условия, определенные превосходства сервировки показано, иллюстрирующую оценки,
líderes engañosos breves conocimiento entusiasta propiedades físicas condenas apropiadas,
ανθρωπολογική συμφέροντα που χαρακτηρίζουν αρχές σύνθετα καταστροφή προηγούμενες επιδράσεις μορφές,
مصادر جود مواربة قوة مبدع المختلفة الاهتمامات المتغيرة نقاط محسوسة,
vertus artistiques arithmétique équidistantes quantités continues proportions intermédiaires impliquant des normes,
constituintes combinações de espécies princípios causais partes primárias descrições de harmonia usadas,
comhábhair aisteach dhaoradh teangacha a thabhairt isteach meafair gnáth dithyramb óráid fileata,
convergenti meravigliosi piaceri che suggeriscono costruzioni complesse episodi narrativi versi eroici,
不可能な追加不可避な状況結果の間違い耐えられない声仮定の残り物.
Steve..Hammond.
Nothingness certainly has neither being nor existence, but it is none the less a kind of metaphysical 'direction', something we can conceive and pursue, but never attain; 'evil' is none other than 'nothingness manifested' or 'the impossible made possible.
To say that 'God became man in order that man might become God' means in the final analysis (if we want to pursue this reciprocity to its ultimate foundations) that Reality has entered into nothingness, so that nothingness might become real.
If it be objected here that nothingness, being nothing, can play no part, the answer lies in two questions: how is the existence of the very idea of nothingness to be explained? How is it that there is a 'nothing' on the level of relativities and in everyday experience?
Nothingness certainly has neither being nor existence, but it is none the less a kind of metaphysical 'direction', something we can conceive and pursue, but never attain; 'evil' is none other than 'nothingness manifested' or 'the impossible made possible: Evil never lives from its own substance, which is non-existent, but it corrodes or perverts the good, just as disease could not exist without the body which it tends to destroy; evil, says St Thomas, is there to allow the coming of a greater good, and in fact qualities have need of corresponding privations to enable them to be affirmed distinctively and separately.
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Maya is the reverberation of the Self in the direction of nothingness*, or the totality of the reverberations of the Self; the innumerable relative subjects 'are' the Self under the aspect of'Consciousness' (Chit), and the innumerable relative objects are once again the Self, but this time under the aspect of 'Being' (Sat). Their reciprocal relationships- or their 'common life’ constitute 'Beatitude' (Ananda), in manifested mode, of course; this is made up of everything in the world which is expansion, enjoyment or movement.
*Nothingness cannot exist, but the 'direction towards' nothingness exists, and indeed this observation is fundamental in metaphysics.
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Frithjof Schuon
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Quoted in: The Essential Frithjof Schuon (edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
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Image: The Ardabil carpet