tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931524769192263616.post2936046646793336781..comments2023-10-31T13:58:03.385+00:00Comments on Writing on the Walls of Nineveh: The Treachery of Images – The Church in the Online AgeMatthew Ducketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11213527706235081499noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931524769192263616.post-41658326578408335512020-05-03T07:37:14.435+01:002020-05-03T07:37:14.435+01:00Thank you, I wasn't aware of that dimension to...Thank you, I wasn't aware of that dimension to the picture, interesting. My point was less sophisticated I'm afraid, just about the trick the image plays: an image of a pipe isn't a pipe.Matthew Ducketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11213527706235081499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931524769192263616.post-24522157724990613802020-05-02T15:15:03.321+01:002020-05-02T15:15:03.321+01:00Good theology and commentary. I'm confused, h...Good theology and commentary. I'm confused, however, by the relevance of the "Ceci n'est pas une pipe." Is it so obvious to most readers that it refers to a famous commentary by Freud, who used the image of a pipe to refer to something central to his view of psychology, so obvious that it needs no further comment--, or am I the only one who thinks of Freud 's implication when I see that painting? --There was an interesting talk in Pittsburgh a few years ago, that I did not get to see, about an imagined dialogue between CS Lewis and Freud, who had very different "centers of meaning." <br />Celinda Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02347754042014692882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1931524769192263616.post-42384078741208714322020-05-01T20:51:12.035+01:002020-05-01T20:51:12.035+01:00Well said Fr. Bravo.Well said Fr. Bravo.Paul Barlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02014963316766214904noreply@blogger.com