Scientific views end in awe and mystery, lost at the edge in uncertainty, but they appear to be so deep and so impressive that the theory that it is all arranged as a stage for God to watch man’s struggle for good and evil seems inadequate.
—Richard P. Feynman
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We live always on the edge of certainty and uncertainty.
We know what we know and that sometimes seems like an unending body of knowledge. But we also know that there is much that we don’t know and perhaps will never know. And that seems even more vast and overwhelming.
There is so much we wish to know so that we can put our uncertainty to rest. So we strive, we seek, we explore, and we observe, always searching for the next answer, the one that will bring it all together.
But the next answer poses new questions and opens new frontiers of discovery. We gain knowledge but our certainty is shaken.
But the only thing we know to do is to continue onward, forever seeking certainty.
That’s what I see in this new painting, a 20″ by 44″ canvas that I am calling The Restless Edge. For me, the thought behind this piece is about living in a world that straddles that line between certainty and uncertainty. Between truth and untruth. Between belief and non-belief. Between wisdom and ignorance.
About living in and coming to terms that allow you to find moments of peace on that restless edge.
And that’s what I see here. You may not see it and that is as it should be.
One man’s uncertainty is another’s belief. Or something like that…
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