Tuesday, January 23, 2007

What can we believe in?

In science classes, you learn that a theory is a fact by means that it can be proved by anyone. After reading these articles, you have to rely on fact, but you do not know what to believe in. With an imagination, you can come up with the most ridiculous ideas but as long as you can prove it and make your case, others will start believing in what you say. For example, the Print magazine cover. It was a complete mockery of diagrams, maps, and charts. Paula Scher's idea parody proved that charts can be used in design. An even better example is from the Television show Twin Peaks. Richard Saul Wurman and the producers from the show created and published a book that made the fictional characters from a television show come to life. It was made to believe that the characters lived an everyday life like you and I.

In Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonders, I came to the conclusion that hierarchy persuaded your decision. Early Europe to even past the Renaissance, rulers had their own collection of wonders that included tons of paintings, and artifacts that were obscure. A lot of these legends came about while discovering the new world in which we live in today. Also, the The example of the unicorn. It's "I found a horn and it is from an Unicorn." when we now know it is from a rhino. To best sum it up is a quote from The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance,"When the legend becomes fact...print the legend."

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