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Beyond Unknown
Minna Takala
Draft 2002
"There are things known,and there are things
unknown and in between are
the doors".
Jim Morrison
Doors through what ???
• regulations, rules, laws• limits, boundaries• brick walls, gaps • theories, categories, classifications• organizational boxes • habits, taboos, beliefs• assumptions• perception ???
If the doors of perception
were to be cleansed
man would see everything
as it truly is...
infinite.- William Blake
The unexamined life is
not worth living.- Socrates
Prejudgment towards what ???
• People, races, ages, professions, genders, nationalities …• Countries, cultures, religions, values …• Climates, conditions, events …• Science, technologies, products, services …• Food, clothes, styles, fashions...• Experiments, experiences …• Music, movies, art ...• Ideas, knowledge, information …
Are you able and willing to experiment andperceive beyond your limits ???
I know nothing except
the fact of my ignorance.
Socrates
… curiosity, open mind, exploration, questioning … ...aware, awake, conscious…
… mindful, caring ...
… known, unknown, unknowable ...
… a platypus … Eco
... a heretic … Gunnar & David
… think out of the box … but stay inside ??
… mindful and mindlessness … Canadian article
… unconscious, subconscious … Jung
"World View" Richard LaLonde
http://www.evanston.lib.il.us/library/world-view.html
Different views of the universe http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/world/
World Views
??? .
In Germanus, 1482
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