School of Unlearning
 
Jack Uldrich
 
 
Anamorphosis: Seek New Perspectives and Unlearn
August 15, 2013

 
 

 
[ Here ]  is a picture of Hans Holbein’s painting, The  Ambassadors. Upon 
first glance, it doesn’t look like anything terrible  special.  
After further reflection, however, you may notice a strange figure near the 
 bottom center of the painting.  
You might be surprised to learn that it is a skull. 
The skull can only be clearly seen when the painting is viewed from _a 
sharp  angle_ (http://culturaleducation.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/anamorphosis/) 
.  
The painter employs a technique known as _anamorphosis_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamorphosis) –meaning that  the viewer must 
adopt a different 
perspective in order to reconstitute the  image. 
If we wish to remain open to unlearning, it is helpful to purposely distort 
 our own perspective from time to time. 
Why? Because you may just discover a hidden gem that has been hiding in 
plain  sight.

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