The landscape is suddenly mute...

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“He seemed a part of the mute melancholy landscape, an incarnation of its frozen woe…” – Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton

Visual language...

perception, comprehension and production of visible signs


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"As students develop their visual literacy, they begin to understand that every visual choice the artist has made, every detail regarding subject and color and composition, conveys information that informs the reader."  (from "The Power of Pictures: Creating Pathways To Literacy Through Art")

Pattern...

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A principle of art - and probably the universe itself.
Cosmic Law - Patterns in the Universe:

"Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern."
Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947), English philosopher and mathematician. Dialogues, June 10, 1943.

Organic myth A...

 "clean, green" image as a myth"


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Technoscrying © for myth:

Ethical shopping: Devoted customers pay more for goodness' sake - National - NZ Herald News

Time Magazine Explodes the Organic Myth, Kind Of | Farm to Table:

To quote Hohenheim University: "No clear conclusions about the quality of organic food can be reached using the results of present literature and research results." What research there is does not support the claims made for organic food.

The great organic myths: Why organic foods are an indulgence the world can't afford - Green Living - Environment - The Independent:

Other world schematic...

Realms of supernatural beings
elements of a system using abstract, graphic symbols
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On Friday the 13th, the occult and the supernatural inspire imaginations

Suggested reading: 

Overview
The smoky room glows with a mix of cigars, brandy, and genius. Those present include Harry Houdini, king of illusion; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, father of the modern detective novel; Dr. Nandor Fodor, a psychoanalyst of international acclaim; and an elegant writer who can rival them all with her sleuthing talent. These masters of mystery put their minds to a pair of gripping stories - of families beset by poltergeistly pranks and bewitched by inexplicable horrors. Gripping puzzles, yes, but the terror is all too vicious and all too real. For the gathering at the club, a brilliant battle of wits is at hand. Were these villains phantoms from beyond or evildoers of flesh and blood? Each expert has a theory. Which of them is correct?

Transcendent man...

Outside consciousness
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Searching for consciousness:

Consciousness [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]: "What makes a mental state be a conscious mental state?"

Why Can’t Jurors Distinguish “Knowing” From “Reckless” Misconduct? | Sherry F. Colb | Verdict | Legal Analysis and Commentary from Justia:


Suggested reading:


Susan Blackmore
Oxford University Press, USA, Feb 7, 2011 - 624 pages
Now in a new edition, this innovative text is the first volume to bring together all the major theories of consciousness studies--from those rooted in traditional Western philosophy to those coming out of neuroscience, quantum theory, and Eastern philosophy. Broadly interdisciplinary, Consciousness: An Introduction, Second Edition, is divided into nine sections that examine such topics as how subjective experiences arise from objective brain processes, the basic neuroscience and neuropathology of consciousness, altered states of consciousness, mystical experiences and dreams, and the effects of drugs and meditation. It also discusses the nature of self, the possibility of artificial consciousness in robots, and the question of whether or not animals are conscious.


Everything depends therefore on encountering thought at its source. Such thought is the reality of man's being, which achieved consciousness and understanding of itself through it. Karl Jaspers