I like how you didn’t try to grab onto some deeper meaning as to why that image and subsequent tattoo made your brain fire. And I also really liked the way you told the story. Great read.
Glad you enjoyed it, Michael. I think we often try a little too hard to give everything meaning when sometimes things just are while everything else is simply poetry or art or delusion.
This is such a lovely, deceptively simple graphic that once it’s “understood” can’t be improved on... as your tattoo artist realized. I first came at it from a top down perspective, which didn’t work. Once I associated the graphic with “conversation” I realized that it had to be diagrammed as ascending. (If the arrows were changed so it cascaded downward it would just be a diagram for mansplaining!) 😊
Ya, gaslighting would fit, or just maybe just an argument. The downward course of the discussion seems negative. Whereas the upward path looks more enlightening or supportive. ✌️🙂
I really enjoyed this piece.
I like how you didn’t try to grab onto some deeper meaning as to why that image and subsequent tattoo made your brain fire. And I also really liked the way you told the story. Great read.
Glad you enjoyed it, Michael. I think we often try a little too hard to give everything meaning when sometimes things just are while everything else is simply poetry or art or delusion.
I agree - and I agree because I often find myself trying a little too hard too give things meaning when I don’t need to.
Thanks Christian
This is such a lovely, deceptively simple graphic that once it’s “understood” can’t be improved on... as your tattoo artist realized. I first came at it from a top down perspective, which didn’t work. Once I associated the graphic with “conversation” I realized that it had to be diagrammed as ascending. (If the arrows were changed so it cascaded downward it would just be a diagram for mansplaining!) 😊
Ha, curious to hear what top-down would have revealed. Gaslighting? Thanks for your perspective, Bruce.
Ya, gaslighting would fit, or just maybe just an argument. The downward course of the discussion seems negative. Whereas the upward path looks more enlightening or supportive. ✌️🙂