This is not a funnel
Picasso received at his studio a visitor that believed the latter’s paintings were abstract. So Picasso asked his visitor in turn if he had a photo of his family to show him. When Picasso saw the photo he asked “Are they really that small?”
Similarly, Allen Jones, the sculptor, explained “when you look at my sculptures of women, there is no doubt it’s a sculpture, it’s not a woman.”
On the picture above
The first thing you see is the picture of a funnel.
Below you see the word funnel.
Neither of them are a funnel.
The picture merely depicts the funnel.
The word merely describes the funnel.
Santa Claus, James Bond, gods
When you see pictures that depict Santa Claus, James Bond, or gods of different names, you know they’re not Santa Claus, James Bond, or gods of different names.
When you see or hear words that describe Santa Claus, James Bond, or gods of different names, you know they’re not Santa Claus, James Bond, or gods of different names.
If schools told the story of words
If schools told the story of words, every graduate would know the difference between pictures and words and what pictures and words depict and describe.
But schools don’t tell the story of words for self-evident reasons but more about that later.
Until schools will tell the story of words…
- “Strange times are these in when old and young are taught falsehoods in school.” – Plato
- “Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” – Albert Einstein
- “The school system is the homogenizing hopper into which we toss our integral tots for processing.” – Marshall McLuhan
- “When I look back on all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all.” – Paul Simon
