On Mar 26, 2006, at 2:01 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
As Godfrey said, this is probably *too* far off-topic, even for the PDML ;-) But I feel very strongly that there *is* a reality, independent of what I or anyone else sees, hears or otherwise experiences. Getting at (or closer to) this is the goal of art (Oscar Wilde notwithstanding!)
I don't think philosophy is too far off topic from photography. Every photographer expresses his/her philosophy through his/her photography. I see the two as integral, and do not believe that art can exist without an underlying philosophy.
That being said, I do not believe there is anything under the veil that we perceive as reality except a nebulous cloud of probabilities. There are no certainties. I know that point of view is anathema to modern materialism, but it has always struck me as the truth. I was astonished in my late teens when I realized that other people really didn't see things this way.
Bob
