{"id":1635,"date":"2021-01-07T10:34:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T08:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aletheia.store\/?page_id=1635"},"modified":"2021-03-31T14:13:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T12:13:56","slug":"protea-wall-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aletheia.store\/?page_id=1635","title":{"rendered":"Protea Wall Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1635\" class=\"elementor elementor-1635\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c3de59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c3de59\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f303614\" data-id=\"f303614\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a89e269 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a89e269\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/aletheia.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Protea-wall-inspiration.png\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-1637\" alt=\"Protea wall IDP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aletheia.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Protea-wall-inspiration.png 746w, https:\/\/aletheia.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Protea-wall-inspiration-300x268.png 300w, https:\/\/aletheia.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Protea-wall-inspiration-600x536.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7867ff5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7867ff5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da56890\" data-id=\"da56890\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91699a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"91699a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"font-size: 42px;font-style: normal\">The Protea Wall<\/span><br><span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default elementor-inline-editing pen\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"font-size: 3rem;font-style: normal;clear: both;line-height: 1.3\"><span data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"font-size: 3rem;font-style: normal;clear: both;line-height: 1.3\"><span data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\" style=\"font-size: 42px;font-style: normal;line-height: 1.5;clear: both\"><span style=\"font-size: 29px;font-style: normal\">Inspiration<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35765d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35765d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-624b9f1\" data-id=\"624b9f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9530c7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9530c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Andre&#8217; van der Merwe<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba96437\" data-id=\"ba96437\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54a1bfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54a1bfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To what extent do our judgements, theories, cultural reference points and mental models obscure us from seeing what is present? This question remains for me as an artist, profound and provocative. Thankfully I found a means to access this question through Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Goethe is known as the equivalent of Shakespeare in Germany.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>He is famous for writing Faust, a polymath of his own time. Sadly his profound way of nature observation is little known and seldom practiced. I realised 10 years ago that his way of engaging in nature had never been practiced with the protea family of plants.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4a7533\" data-id=\"e4a7533\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f283481 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f283481\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The protea wall pays homage to his artful insights of tending to nature on its own terms and makes no use of cultural or historical ways of seeing. For example seeing the protea as cut flower however beautiful, is excluded. We fail to see how our classifications shape our perception of reality and thus of nature. The protea wall attempts to make no distinction, no use of hierarchical indexes or botanical names. There are no preferences for stages of growth, \u2018common\u2019 or \u2018uncommon\u2019 species.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Upside, downside, inside, outside, death, decay or splendour, all perspectives are equally embraced.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3beb78\" data-id=\"f3beb78\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a04b35e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a04b35e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the words of the philosopher Emmanuel Kant &#8211; the protea wall attempts to \u2018see the thing in itself\u2019. The juxtaposition of an essential framework of no judgement brings to presence what is already present in the Protea family. The work has fertilised my belief that our way of seeing and being in the world will always exclude the full dimensions of what is present. That our judgements can exclude higher orders of reality fascinates me! May you see the protea with fresh eyes and perhaps step back from your deepest beliefs and allow for some transformation of your perspective. Paradoxically here we turn full circle, perhaps justifying our cultural way of seeing the protea as symbol of <i>our <\/i>transformation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<br><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Protea WallInspiration Andre&#8217; van der Merwe To what extent do our judgements, theories, cultural reference points and mental models obscure us from seeing what is present? This question remains for me as an artist, profound and provocative. Thankfully I found a means to access this question through Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 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