A Sense of Possibility
2013
Weingrüll, Karlsruhe
curated by Roos Gortzak
2013
Weingrüll, Karlsruhe
curated by Roos Gortzak
It was a story by meditation guru S.N. Goenka about a boy who came to visit his blind friend and told him about what he had just experienced:
And trying to find a way to describe white he grabbed a white duck passing by and handed it over to his blind friend, saying:
And touching the duck again from the peak to the back, he said:
(fragment of a text by Roos Gortzak)
- I just had a delicious rice pudding!
- What is rice pudding?
- It is something white.
- But what is white?
And trying to find a way to describe white he grabbed a white duck passing by and handed it over to his blind friend, saying:
- This is white, for example.
- So white is soft?
- No, no, try again.
And touching the duck again from the peak to the back, he said:
- Oh I get it now, white is crooked!
(fragment of a text by Roos Gortzak)
