http://motespace.com/blog Disclaimer: The following web space does not contain my own opinions, merely linguistic representations thereof. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:26:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1 http://motespace.com/blog/2007/03/03/magritte-thoughts/ Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:49:38 +0000 http://fairuz.isi.edu/blog/index.php/2007/03/03/magritte-thoughts/ Went to see the Magritte exhibit at LACMA today. Thoughts:

• I’d never thought of the parallels between The Red Model and cyborgs/cybernetic enhancement before =).
• Likewise, I stared at The Human Condition for a good 20 minutes, and couldn’t help but thinking about AI agents and World Models
• Everything in the Treachery of Images section made me really appreciate the classes I’ve taken on semiotics/semantics. If I ever teach a linguistics course, I’d like to spend a class day looking at Magritte paintings, discussing the relationship between label, portrayal, and thing, and their respective roles in communication.

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