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eohippus all contents copyright 2007 max carmichael | why eohippus? bio contact | |
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the latest: max | back | |
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Pictures of Knowledge: Work in Progress When bombarded with information from the media and from your environment, how do you sort out the relevant from the irrelevant, avoiding distractions? And what value system to you use to prioritize? Are deaths in the Middle East as important as your child's failure on the math test? Is growing unemployment as important as allegations of global warming? Was 9/11 an unprovoked attack on our way of life, or a symptom of problems in our way of life? What do these things mean to you, and what, if anything, should you do about them? Everything we think and do, and most of what we see and hear, is filtered and shaped by our worldview, a largely unconscious mental framework expressed in values and behavior patterns. The foundation of this is shared with the rest of our society; differences in the higher levels divide us into liberals vs. conservatives, tree-huggers vs. developers, technophiles vs. luddites, preventing us from reaching agreement on what is a problem and how to solve it. I started this project three years ago as an attempt to visualize my worldview, seeking insights into spirituality as well as more prosaic topics. Along the way, I realized that at its foundation, my worldview, rooted in historical traditions such as Judaism, Christianity, the English legal system, science and technology, was shared with the rest of my society, and I began to find fundamental flaws in it. Most of these flaws had already been discovered by others, but relying solely on words, without a way to visualize the overall structure of knowledge, their findings remained fragmented and they've had little impact. So now I'm on a mission: to achieve a method by which other people, and especially communities, can creatively develop their own, more accurate framework of knowledge. I've laid enough groundwork to be convinced it's possible, and I'm looking for collaborators. Design your own symbols! Beat me at my own game! The pictures included here are samples of work in progress. Please contact me if you're interested, and I can provided detailed explanations of everything I've done. |
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Archives Summer-Fall 2003: That Travelin' Bug Spring 2003: Toward a Positive Legacy Winter 2002-2003: Sea Change Fall 2002: Artist in Residence |
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