Comments on: Photo Synchroblog

By: dennis

dennis — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:45:46 +0000

FANTASTIC photo! but it made me think TOO much!

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:21:54 +0000

Julie, thanks for the answer. I get confused by the different ways that “true” is sometimes used. “An accurate description of what I perceive/believe/feel” vs. “An accurate description of what is actually going on – or of what will actually happen to me if I try to jump down the middle of the staircase, regardless of whether I realize it or not.”

Discussions pretty quickly get into deep waters of epistemology. Flat modernism is unsatisfactory. But postmodern perspectivism seems equally, if not more so if taken literally. Good food for thought from a beautifully shot picture.

By: Jenelle

Jenelle — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:45:43 +0000

Gorgeous photo, Julie. Great perspective/interpretation, as well.

p.s. if you wouldn’t mind fixing my link to http://hellosaidjenelle.wordpress.com that’d be wonderful! thanks

By: Julie Clawson

Julie Clawson — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:05:39 +0000

Karl – to answer your question rather bluntly since I’m a tad braindead at the moment … The question needs to be asked in some situations – true for what? Pragmatics come into play imho. In this situation some perspectives of what would pragmatically work just make more sense. Take the picture – its a staircase the purpose of which is to help people go from one level to another. Someone could theoretically think that the best (quickest) way to use this particular staircase would be to use jump down the middle straight to the bottom. It is an option, it would work in a sense, but it is also stupid and would seriously hurt or kill you.

By: billh

billh — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:34:25 +0000

it reminds me of the Beatles long and winding road, that our path is not necessarily a straight one, yet this staircase is straight in the sense that it points directly to a destination.

Very nice website. I found it from NextWave. Glad to see another Texan blogging. Hope your search for good Tex Mex finds the best chile rilleno in Illinois.

By: Sally

Sally — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:48:22 +0000

I entered another post here

By: Sally

Sally — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:52:19 +0000

excellent picture- are we moving up or down- I wonder?

By: Steve Hayes

Steve Hayes — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:34:42 +0000

A very good picture.

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By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:04:59 +0000

Very cool picture, by the way.