13-12-2025, 12:16 PM
Forgive me if it was discussed before but I haven't seen a global thread about it, just some discussions about individual pictures.
Several times it was suggested that there are hidden animals and other creatures in the plant roots. Not in all roots but in several ones.
I browsed the manuscript and thought about it myself and came to this:
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Of course there is such thing as pareidolia. Let's quote a classic philosopher:
“There is an universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves, and to transfer to every object, those qualities, with which they are familiarly acquainted, and of which they are intimately conscious. We find human faces in the moon, armies in the clouds; and by a natural propensity, if not corrected by experience and reflection, ascribe malice or good- will to every thing, that hurts or pleases us.”
David Hume
So are these animals there or are these just quirks of our brains?
I will tell you my opinion. For me it's too much to be a random coincidence. These animals are real and intentional.
I am trying to make a poll to see your opinions.
And if there are animals indeed, what are the implications?
One quite obvious one to me is that the artist wasn't copying some herbal faithfully but rather freestyling and improvising.
Another one is that at least some plants are imaginary.
And there is a question - why was he doing it? Just for fun (entirely possible for me) or could there be something deeper behind it?
Several times it was suggested that there are hidden animals and other creatures in the plant roots. Not in all roots but in several ones.
I browsed the manuscript and thought about it myself and came to this:
[attachment=12936]
Of course there is such thing as pareidolia. Let's quote a classic philosopher:
“There is an universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves, and to transfer to every object, those qualities, with which they are familiarly acquainted, and of which they are intimately conscious. We find human faces in the moon, armies in the clouds; and by a natural propensity, if not corrected by experience and reflection, ascribe malice or good- will to every thing, that hurts or pleases us.”
David Hume
So are these animals there or are these just quirks of our brains?
I will tell you my opinion. For me it's too much to be a random coincidence. These animals are real and intentional.
I am trying to make a poll to see your opinions.
And if there are animals indeed, what are the implications?
One quite obvious one to me is that the artist wasn't copying some herbal faithfully but rather freestyling and improvising.
Another one is that at least some plants are imaginary.
And there is a question - why was he doing it? Just for fun (entirely possible for me) or could there be something deeper behind it?
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