… Consider on such. Yes, consider.

For they that boast unto themselves, and unto others, of knowledge of all are only as but fools to naiveté, in deception of wisdom, in deception of sagacity, in deception of truth complete.

For, truly, if they know of all as they boast, can they then give answer to every question? 

To anything? 

To all? 

For, truly, if they know of all, can they give answer of every thing that has been, of every thing that is, every thing to be?

For if that be so, ask them then, ask them. Ask them to give answer to any question you seek.

Ask them; of what consequence is the first flutter of a butterfly’s wing?

Ask them; of what import is there in each and all of today, from whence came to pass of yesterday?

Ask them then; of what number, in what exactitude, are the blinkings of a child’s eye on any given day between the rising of the sun and the veil of first night?

Ask them.

Ask them. Ask them anything.

Ask them.

For so surely as they know of all, they would give you in answer, in whole, in completeness.

And if they cannot, and if they cannot give in answer, in whole, in completeness, would they then not seem foolish? And ludicrous?

And to them we say;

For all you know, think on that which you know not.

For, truly, only the highest of the high, the wisest of the wise, the goodliest of the good, has the answers to all. 

For, truly, that be only God herself.

For, truly, only God herself knows all.

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National Galleries of Scotland, Belford Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. ~ 13 July 2023

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Paintings by Bridget Riley
Titled: ‘Blaze’ & ‘Over’