Friday, October 10, 2008

Perspective

A couple weeks ago, I shared this little puzzle with you:

What does this say:
Godisnowhere

Did you read
"God is no where"?

Or did you read
"God is now here"?

Well, that little puzzle prompted a lot of interesting feedback. Here are a few of the creative responses we received.

---- I processed today's opening line as "god is no where". But I personally define that as "God is NO where" (in other words, God is in "no specific place", which -- to me -- means, God is EVERYwhere). So the potential for differences in perspective among people can go beyond definition into interpretation. Which calls for even more tolerance!

---- I thought it was interesting, I knew that the line godisnowhere would be about perspective, and I read it as, "God, I snow here". This statement can be taken as, 'I play an essential part in whether there are beautiful snowflakes that pass through my life, and similarly, whether I see them.'

---- Interestingly, my friend's 9 year old deaf son read this as GOD I SNOW HERE!

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