Each man in this painting symbolizes one of the five senses. The old man with glasses and a mirror represents Sight. The chitarrone, a type of bass lute, stands for Sound. The blind man is symbolic of the sense of Touch. The jolly man with a glass of wine in his hand portrays Taste, and the elegant young man with a pipe and garlic, Smell. The garlic, wine, music and mirror refer to the fallacy of sensory perception and the transience of life.
If a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one/no animal to hear it, does it make a sound?9/19/2018 Watch the following clip from The Matrix. Would you take the blue pill or the red pill? Why? |
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