03-14-2009, 10:47 PM
Liquid Wrote:of course that is true, but they ARE BIRDS. The cartoon we are discussing is just a drawing that some people have attached importance to. It is some peoples interpretation of of the drawing. that is it. The bird is a real animal and that is not in question. Someone could look at a cartoon drawing of Snoopy and attach the same importance you do to the black and white cartoon.Actually, no. ::bigg::
The meaning of the symbol is not something I and 'some people' have given it. It is not simply our interpretation of the meaning of the drawing. When the drawing was originally made, it was made to illustrate a very specific truth and that meaning is not open to interpretation. The meaning was recorded thousands of years ago and passed along until this day. Although the meaning can be 'applied' in a limitless number of ways, the basic meaning itself is well documented.
This reminds me strongly of when I was in a college art class, arguing with the teacher about the 'meaning' of Starry Night. After the class, I did research into van Gogh's letters to his brother and found one where he actually talked about the painting and the meaning it had when he painted it. I was correct. I didn't score any points with the teacher over proving it though.