Participation rationality
Casual disposition
Inherent harmony
The order and proportion we perceive resonate with an innate human capacity to grasp truth and goodness, which are inextricably linked to beauty.
“For there is no such thing as blind fate, or necessity, in the universe, but all things are ordered by a most wise and understanding principle.” – Ralph Cudworth
Energy vortices
Shimmering ethereal
Light form coalescence
The shaded pathway, leading into this luminous arboreal embrace, emphasizes a journey into the indistinct, where boundaries dissolve. Meanwhile, incandescent orbs that float amidst the green are almost like conscious entities.
“Every creature is a spirit or body according to the different degrees of its life and spirit; so that a creature is more spirit and less body, or more body and less spirit, as it participates more or less of life and perfection.” – Anne Conway
Shimmering edge
Created particularity
Undifferentiated unity
The ethereal, less distinct background, particularly the glowing tree, speaks to a more subtle, transcendent presence.
“When the similitude is seen as active and impressive, the impression will be well proportioned if the impressing agent fills a need of the receiver, that is, sustains and nourishes him.” – Bonaventure
Sensible qualities
Linear interruption
Apparent persistence
A distinct rectangular form cutting across a field of warm, earthy tones contrasting with cooler, silvery hues invites visual apprehension.
“It is not by matter and motion, but by spirit and understanding that the world is governed.” – George Berkeley
Verdant life
Mirrored urbanity
Invites inquiry
Here presented is a three-dimensional canvas upon which the visible and the invisible, the immanent and the transcendent, are subtly interwoven.
“That which is existent is either necessary through itself, or necessary through another.” – Avicenna
Immediate surroundings
Discerning order
Physical limitations
The mirror doesn’t create the reality it reflects, but rather reveals it in a particular way, much as philosophical inquiry doesn’t create truth but seeks to uncover it.
“The perfection of the human being is in the perfection of the intellect.” – Averroes
Placid pond
Verdant embrace
Fleeting shimmer
Augustine, ever seeking the truth beyond the fleeting shadows of empirical existence, would likely perceive in this tranquil landscape an echo of divine order and beauty.
“And what is beauty? What attracts and wins us through its grace? Unless some measure of unity be found in it, nothing can be beautiful.” – Augustine of Hippo
Intricate tapestry
Nascent primer
Exposed metal
In this image, we encounter not merely a collection of accidental qualities—a patch of rust here, a glint of primer there—but a substance (the vehicle itself) undergoing a process of change and revealing its underlying form.
“Actuality is prior to potency.” – Aristotle
Paving strip
Temporary parking sign
Intricate marks
Each stroke, each overlapping tag, is an act of creation, a momentary imposition of order, or perhaps a new form of disorder, upon a pre-existing surface.
“Just as our soul, being air, holds us together, so do breath and air encompass the whole world.” – Anselm of Canterbury
From which it is woven
Understanding aesthetics
As a window into the underlying reality
The deep blue of the iris, with its intricate folds and velvety texture, appears solid and defined against the shimmering, almost liquid background.
“Just as our soul, being air, holds us together, so do breath and air encompass the whole world.” – Anaximenes