Peter and Steve
I have heard Peter's quote before ( I suspect Picasso was not the first, just the most prominent ) and other slightly different extensions, "Assemble a man's lies and then you will learn what he values" "First deceive yourself then you can deceive others" "We comfort with lies those terrified by the truth" "Bad liars have no inkling of the truth" Perhaps it has never been easy to be truthful in society so we mastered the special art of lying through our teeth. If you have to lie about something it forces you to have a very firm picture of the truth in your mind or you may make a mistake. Writing under oppressive regimes has created marvellous fiction such as Bulgakov's Master and Margarita. Vladimyr Ivan Burachynsky Ph.D.(Civil Eng.), M.Sc.(Mech.Eng.), M.Sc.(Biology) 120-1053 Beaverhill Blvd. Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA R2J 3R2 (204) 2548321 Phone/Fax <mailto:vbur...@shaw.ca> vbur...@shaw.ca -----Original Message----- From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Steve Smith Sent: October 17, 2010 10:10 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Art is a Lie Peter - Well said... and in a single short paragraph with a single eloquent quote... - Steve A'propos Ten Best Texts as fiction. I'm sure no one at Friam holds to the techno-barbarian view that nothing valuable can be gained from fiction. In my opinion the important human values can be illuminated only by fiction. After all, the King James Bible (1611) is about the best thing in fiction the English have ever done. When told that his work was "untrue", Pablo* agreed, remarking: "Art is a lie that helps us see the truth". This seems a valuable insight. *Pablo Picasso (1887 - 1968): Sp., Fr. painter. Developed cubism Peter Lissaman, Da Vinci Ventures Expertise is not knowing everything, but knowing what to look for. 1454 Miracerros Loop South, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505,USA tel:(505)983-7728 ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
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