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