Dec 16 2009
Beauty and Humor
Can something be beautiful and humorous at the same time? Excuse the armchair conjecture here, but it seems to me that humor involves, in part, viewing something non-seriously, while the perception of beauty relies upon a seriousness, albeit one with positive emotional hues.
Put another way, can you perceive something as beautiful while giggling?
Hmm. Maybe if two distinct parts of your brain are simultaneously active.
The above photo is of white crepe myrtle blossoms. Below, a news headline from the Onion.
Sumerians Look On In Confusion As God Creates World
Members of the earth’s earliest known civilization, the Sumerians, looked on in shock and confusion some 6,000 years ago as God, the Lord Almighty, created Heaven and Earth.
According to recently excavated clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform script, thousands of Sumerians—the first humans to establish systems of writing, agriculture, and government—were working on their sophisticated irrigation systems when the Father of All Creation reached down from the ether and blew the divine spirit of life into their thriving civilization.
Funny.
Beautifully humorous?
