Tag: perception

Abstract interplay of colors and shapes suggesting overlapping senses and filtered perception

Living With Filters: Perception, Color, and Belief

Perception is not raw reality but a construction shaped by biology, memory, and belief. From the science of color to the mysteries of synesthesia, this essay explores how our worldview frames what we see, hear, and know.

Abstract window-frame opening onto a shifting horizon, hinting at changing boundaries of discourse

Considering the Shift of the Overton Window

The Overton Window isn’t a fixed pane but a living frame that shapes what a society can see, say, and imagine. Tracing its shifts reveals our collective identity—and our responsibility within it.

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Cover artwork (cover.png) for the article titled How Many Trees Make a Forest? Truth, Relativity, and the Blurred Lines of Perception.

How Many Trees Make a Forest? Truth, Relativity, and the Blurred Lines of Perception

How many trees make a forest? This essay explores the blurred lines between subjectivity and objectivity, the relativity of perception, and the thresholds created by language. From forests to fairness, poverty to truth, we uncover how meaning emerges not in absolutes, but in the gradients and relationships that shape our shared reality.

Cover artwork (cover.png) for the article titled Reflections on Humility.

Reflections on Humility

A reflection on the tension between humility and hidden power—this piece explores the quiet strength of being underestimated, the dangers of overconfidence, and the subtle warfare of perception in a world that mistakes silence for weakness.

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