WONDERCHAOS
2020
Left: Oxford Study Bible / Right: English Dictionary
Left: Oxford Study Bible / Right: English Dictionary
This work is an illustration of the chaotic nature of communication.
Any seeming order of language or apparent clarity of message, for example here in The Bible, can give rise to misinterpretation, reinterpretation and misunderstanding.
The Bible is probably the most cited book in the world. Many books have multiple levels, but the Bible has probably the largest number of levels and layers. But do we appreciate the original message which were encoded in the Bible? Do we interpret them in the way that they were originally meant to be interpreted? After years, decades, centuries and millennia of research into the Bible – do we read the text as intended, or we deal with millennia of reflections on the original message? What if, on the way, there was a mistake in interpretation or translation? What happens if we understand basic concepts in ways which they were not meant to be understood? Is it possible that the final messages we read today are completely wrong? What happens when terms are incorrectly reflected in dictionaries? Will this create an avalanche of mistakes, which multiply exponentially and create complete chaos for the reader? How much of the interpretation of individual words is intertwined with the interpretation of such a complex phenomena as the Bible itself?
Any seeming order of language or apparent clarity of message, for example here in The Bible, can give rise to misinterpretation, reinterpretation and misunderstanding.
The Bible is probably the most cited book in the world. Many books have multiple levels, but the Bible has probably the largest number of levels and layers. But do we appreciate the original message which were encoded in the Bible? Do we interpret them in the way that they were originally meant to be interpreted? After years, decades, centuries and millennia of research into the Bible – do we read the text as intended, or we deal with millennia of reflections on the original message? What if, on the way, there was a mistake in interpretation or translation? What happens if we understand basic concepts in ways which they were not meant to be understood? Is it possible that the final messages we read today are completely wrong? What happens when terms are incorrectly reflected in dictionaries? Will this create an avalanche of mistakes, which multiply exponentially and create complete chaos for the reader? How much of the interpretation of individual words is intertwined with the interpretation of such a complex phenomena as the Bible itself?