Evolution of Reality (part1)

Evolution, of course, continues, it does not reverse. This is true of human evolution as well, although it is not limited to a Darwinian, survival of the fittest evolution. Because humans have free will we can make the decisions that, before consciousness, were decided by nature. We make these decisions with information. We learn from our predecessors, choose the valuable information and reject the obsolete information. So information itself is governed by a law of survival of the fittest. This information is transmitted from one generation to the next through our parents but also through culture. Mythology is this transmission of information and our current dominant mythology is science. But science does not fulfill the necessary quota for a unified mythology so we resort to art and religion. It is not surprising that creationists adamantly support the biblical creation myth because it provides the explanations which are missing in science. Science does not purport to solve all problems about the nature of the universe but creationism does. What I feel creationists teach us is that myth itself is the vehicle for human evolution which works hand in hand with Darwinian survival of the fittest. Although creationists would oppose Darwinian evolution, an understanding of the bible as symbolic, but no less true than science should solve the problem. The human brain works on symbols and therefore symbols are as real as any science because science of course operates in the same manner. With theoretical physics touching on realms which were classically left to religion, we can see the full expression of the symbolic nature of reality. When one picks up a cup, I use the symbols "CUP" to represent the object and the object itself is how our consciousness interprets the subatomic particles which make up the object. When we look at the subatomic particles and find probabilistic tendencies for a particle to occur, paired with mostly empty space, we do not see anything that resembles a cup as we know it. Therefore the cup is just a symbol the mind has adaptively constructed, such that we can use the cup to perform a task. What is the nature of this adaptation of our mind to construct a cup as we see it? This adaptation has evolved within our consciousness and is constantly evolving. So we could say that our consciousness is evolving and therefore our reality is evolving, since reality is only the symbols (like the cup) constructed by consciousness. This construct, or reality, is intertwined with consciousness and therefore all are evolving together. Although it might be difficult to grasp, we must not think of consciousness as being separate from reality. It is only through consciousness that reality is known.
The mechanisms for all evolution are positive and negative reinforcement...

Not Art on Art

We make art because we are trying to communicate something, usually just to ourselves. It is our subconscious crying out for recognition. Art is the process of this self discovery made tangible.

Art is so powerful an aspect of human existence, it rose out of cave dwellings and stands amongst sky scrapers. This is a reflection of human agency, adaptation and search for definition.

Art is a validation of the subject rather than the object.

"Artworks can be defined by purposeful, creative interpretations of limitless concepts or ideas in order to communicate something to another person." So, If I am communicating concepts to another person with the object being anything besides mundane transfer of logistical information, I am making art. Therefore when I communicate with people I am rarely not making art, because when interacting I enjoy discussing things which are creative, abstract, and inspirational. The goal in all conversations, as in art, is to inspire, learn and encourage.

If art could truly be defined it would be dead.
THIS is art.

The House (draft 1)

There is a house on top of a hill.
Around the house are an infinite number of spectators.
Some claim to see two windows and a door,
Others just one window,
Others three windows,
And others just one door.
The crowds yell over the house:
"You're crazy there are obviously three windows!"
"No stupid, that's not a window it's a door!"
And "There's just one window."
And so on.

Some become so enraged they want to tear down the house.
Fortunately others stop them.
Then one man decides he is going to settle it once and for all
So he gets in a helicopter and flies over the house.
"My God you'll never believe what I saw..."
He says when he lands.
"What, What, What!"
They all exclaim.
"A pyramid"
And they walk away, declaring him a lunatic

But what I don't understand about all these people,
Is that they cannot see,
That all of their perspectives
Together,
Complete the picture
To make the house.

Strangers

Strangers I have known,
Walking through empty streets alone.
Wrapped in darkness
Like an old and quiet friend,
With crooked branches
Swinging at each bend
And beckoned by the call of wind,
We wove our way together.

"And how did you know these
Strangers?" You will ask,
"For a stranger is never known..

Unless I were curled in their overcoats
Overgrown with unfinished thoughts.
For a thought to be finished,
It must lengthen a hand
To more than just the wind,
Whose wistless breath only trembles
Shivering leaves,
And steaming nostrils
Breathing towards a means,
But not an end.

Parallel Universes?

If we consider the existence of parallel universes, it is possible that the state of an atom in one universe may be different from that in another, but this does not necessitate the existence of a parallel universe which is outside our realm of experience. Each individual has his or her own perceptual universe and therefore may be seeing the same atom in a different state in the same universe. Depending on perspective, the individual, may collapse the wavefunction for a subatomic particle in a different way. As we see macroscopically we see microscopically. Each individual views an event from a different perspective and therefore may disagree on the facts of that certain event. Similarly each individual collapses a wavefunction into a different observable state such that there is no observable state which is objective. Our universe is the totality of these observable states/ these individual perspectives of the universe, such that there is no objective reality beyond that which we agree upon based on our communication. Obviously the implications are great and determine my course of conduct through our agreed upon reality.

I Knew This Before I Became it

I wrote this in a notebook in 2005.

The bible says that God created the heavens and the earth in seven days.
Scientists say that everything was formed at the big bang,
Billions of years ago.
Now I know that everything was created at this moment.
Animals know this,
And have always known this.
Only we can communicate it.
But we cannot,
For to communicate it is to say
It was created.
This is delusion.
Perceiving a consistency in events,
Stability in a rock.
We see it that way in order to exist,
To function in a world that only now is.

To dream is the innate ability
To create a reality,
At the moment we perceive it.
Therefore we don't just
Experience reality,
But participate in it's creation.
The reality that exists
Is what we,
As a collective
Have engendered
By agreeing upon it's existence.
Objective reality is
Intersubjective reality.