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Saturday, June 17, 2006

Metaphysical Reciprocal Affirmation



This doesn't seem much to look at, but this was one of the satellite images/maps I got from Google and used in a trip last year to West Palm Beach. The pink on the map is my highlighting of the route, and if you look closely you can see a clump of trees on the map on the inside corner of where the pink makes the turn. Looking up ahead out the front window, you can see the trees in real life. I found myself intrigued by the relationship between the trees on the map and the trees in the ground. Obviously the map reflects the trees in real life, but up to this point, my only reality had been the map. So, the real trees became, to me, a more tangible reflection of the map trees. There is a reciprocating loop of metaphysical reaffirmation, or something. It's kind of like "trees" (pointing to real ones) are like "trees" (pointing to map ones) which are like "trees" (pointing back to real ones) which continue to be like "trees" (pointing back to map)...and on and on the loop goes. Of course, making the turn to avoid being killed cramps the philosophical process. But that's why there are digital cameras so that we can continue to ride the circuit of metaphysical recipriocal affirmation thereby appreciating the manner in which two objects in human perception can mutually reaffirm the existence of each other.

Note to self: Go get a life. What's wrong with you? Seriously?

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