If these two authors were to sit
down for dinner and have a conversation, I think that it would be about life.
Although both of the topics that each one of them discussed may not have
exactly been on the same scale, they definitely were related when it comes to
discussing life, and how we should live in this world. In the article by Noah
Charney, which was definitely my favorite, he discusses the intimidation people
have behind abstract art. However, he encourages us that this intimidation is
normal and very ok, and that when looking at abstract art, it’s about our own
perception. How we look at abstract art, whether we see a simple white cloud,
or a majestic gate to heaven, it is all about how we feel and think outside the
box. Thinking outside the box is very important factor of living our day to day
lives, which is something that I feel like Jill Taylor would have a connection
to, especially on her idea behind the right side of the brain. She describes her
experience with just using her right side as reaching nirvana and having found her
inner peace. In order to find that inner peace, sometimes it requires that one
steps out of their comfort zone and start thinking outside of the box.
I agree that the two would probably be on the same page in regards to what is important in life and would share many of the same values. It seems like in the past there was a huge emphasis on analytical thinking and achievement. As we progress and solve many of our problems, there is this odd question of what to do. In the past critical thinking was crucial to our survival as a species, but we are now at a point in time where everyone is relatively safe and so there is this question of what to do with our free time. I think the creative "out-of-the-box" approach to living that the authors all share points us towards our future.
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