Albert Einstein
Another day, another Einstein quote - strong scientific credibility backing Richard Bach's influential work "Illusions", which gives all of us a licence to change our own reality. We've always wondered why it is that people, and therefore cultures and countries, find themselves at odds over the most inane matters. Could it be that their perceptions and their realities are so fundamentally mismatched as to create an ongoing and crippling existential crisis? And if that is the case, what is the cure for those so loyally bound to their perceptions that reality has no home?
What of those who are stuck in the same conversation loop about matters which, given a liberal dose of reality, might resolve themselves almost instantly? How to crack that particular delicate crystal without catastrophic shattering is the domain of the skilled psychologist, assuming that they have been welcomed to even gaze upon its fragile surface.
We've pretty much let go of alternate realities as touted by those who cling to persistent (and near universal) illusions such as the aim of infinite economic growth on a finite planet. How does one discuss the application of simple mathematical concepts such as exponential growth when that particular layer of abstraction is buried or missing?
Anyhoo, "Perception and Reality" is also the name of the sculpture outside the imposing glass edifice of the Canberra airport. Here is Kym trying to emulate 3.8 tonnes of bronze - and doing a fair job of it (the pose, not the weight).
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| Friday night shenanigans in Canberra |
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| Totally natural poses from the Sunshine State |
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| More beer and chips please! |
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