Multiple Canvases

Life is random, ambiguous, and complex. Sometimes things can be interpreted in multiple different ways. That’s okay. 

We interpret the world through our own controlled hallucinations. We take in information. We process it. We create a picture of what is happening. 

We ignore a whole bunch of stuff that we don’t think is relevant, don’t understand, or just don’t have the capacity to absorb. If something happens in an order that we recognize, then we expect the thing that normally follows. Sometimes even if that event doesn’t happen, we will still experience it because our created reality fills the gaps. When we don’t pay attention because we have “seen it all before”. 

This is helpful. The power of biodiversity is we can try different things. Respond in different ways. Fail creatively. 

The “Curse of Knowledge” is that once you understand something, it is hard to imagine not understanding it. If you can read music, you can’t look at a page of music and not imagine the sounds. 

If you can understand Hebrew, Arabic, or Russian... you will unavoidably experience looking at a page where I see squiggles differently to me. Once you understand a language, you no longer hear just a string of sound. It is no longer just noise with no emotional connection. 

Our collective ability to experience differently creates multiple canvases for understanding.