I know “It’s not a pipe, it’s an image of a pipe” is the common explanation and almost certainly correct, but it just seems…pedestrian (almost pedantic).
Magritte is classed as a Surrealist, and it seems to me more surreal to say “This is not a pipe” because it IS in fact a pipe. Artistic freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two does not make four; if that is granted, all else follows.
tudza Premium Member 8 months ago
The CAPTCHA test is to click on anything in the image that is not a pipe.
pschearer Premium Member 8 months ago
This is not a comment.
Robert Nowall Premium Member 8 months ago
I’ve often wondered where Magritte found time to study General Semantics.
AlnicoV 8 months ago
So bad that you think a bot might have done it.
The missing M. Smokey 8 months ago
Ce n’est pas un lapin obscène.
pschearer Premium Member 8 months ago
BECAUSE, Jennifer.
fritzoid Premium Member 8 months ago
I know “It’s not a pipe, it’s an image of a pipe” is the common explanation and almost certainly correct, but it just seems…pedestrian (almost pedantic).
Magritte is classed as a Surrealist, and it seems to me more surreal to say “This is not a pipe” because it IS in fact a pipe. Artistic freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two does not make four; if that is granted, all else follows.
Mike Baldwin creator 8 months ago
Good answer-punchline!
daswaff 8 months ago
CAPTCHA is my new benchmark for any evaluation
BlueKnight25 8 months ago
The artist is just a troll – it’s typical of “modern” “artists”.
WF11 8 months ago
Is it the image of a “plumbing pipe” or a “smoking pipe”?
willie_mctell 8 months ago
I always thought that it was a map is not the territory thing. I didn’t realize it had a title.
Egrayjames 8 months ago
Day two after reading the comic and I can still hear the breeze blowing above my head.