This is my first entry in this blog - have to say I am very xcited. I bet you are wondering why I have named this blog Philosopy&EGGS, so this first entry will be about just that - my interest in eggs.
Eggs have always fascinated me. I mean, they are both the beginning of life, as some are born in eggs, the maintaining of life, as some eat the eggs as food, and the ending of life – if someone eats an egg, it will not develop into a chicken.
Let’s start with the qualities that lie in the egg itself. It has the perfect form. Both round and not round. And not the same shape in both sides. So many beautiful colors. My personal favorite is the white ostrich egg – there is no such color as the color of an eggshell. And I am so impressed by the fact that an egg can break in an instant, yet if you squeeze it the right way, it would never break. Eggs are fertility – they are the beginning of life. No life can be without eggs. And eggs are so important for food. I mean, what would pancakes, omelets and eggs benedict be without eggs?
One of the interesting discussions about eggs, is the dilemma of the chicken and the egg. I do not see the problem. I mean, of course the chicken would come after the egg. The egg is for me the safe beginning of everything, the womb where everything started. Shame on you, Aristotle, for arguing differently.
The egg has inspired many others than me. In LA I had an Alexander McQueen chair named the egg. I miss it a lot. Hope I can afford one again. Here’s a pic:
I also really like the Cool bed by Günther Thöny. Imagine sleeping in an egg every night – my dream.
I even have a piece of jewellery that is a real egg. This gold-lined quail egg by Stephanie Simek is crafted from a real Japanese speckled quail egg. I got it from my x, Marc. He really got my fascination with Eggs. Miss him:
Last, but not least, here’s a poem I wrote about eggs:
The egg
It is the perfect beginning
for a tender little species
so fragile, yet so safe.
Protects you from the outer threats
yet easy to break out of
when you feel ready
It seems to me perfectly clear
that the chicken came after the egg
That's all for tooday - I hope you are not put off by the philosophical tone in this entry. I am in that kind of mood today...
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Oh my god! How can you praise the egg as the beginning and meaning of life? Everyone knows that the egg is nothing but a receiving passive entity that is only animated by the vital energy of the active sperm! In addition, consider this: If the egg was so wonderful, why would the first act of the newborn chicken be to _destroy_ this prison that has kept it for so long from enjoying all the wonders of life?
Interesting point. When you think about how the egg kills most of the sperm, it is easy to understand which is the strongest. Passive? I think not. I like your chicken story, but as Ray L. Birdwhistell would say: "From the point of view of the maintenance of our changes in the gene pool, questions about priorities in the environmental states, chicken-ness and egg-ness, are meaningless, EXCEPT AS RECQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE POSITION OF THE OBSERVER. In ontogenetic time, the fetal state, egg-ness preceds the post-fetal state, chicken-ness. The egg-laying incident is a terminal juncture. When the mature chicken lays the new egg, a new ontogenetic context comes into being" (Kristeva et. al: Essais de sémiotique s 540)
The egg doesn't kill the sperm! Rather, the egg wishes upon itself the creative vital power of the sperm, and so welcomes the sperm when it comes knocking on its door. Once the sperm has entered and the two principles, passive and active, have merged, the active (naturally) takes precendece, and starts to produce while the passive remains the malleable passive substance upon which the active acts.
I think this is an interesting discussion, but maybe we can agree on the fact that the egg and the sperm are both needed in the creative process. You can't eat the sperm, though. At least not my cup of tea. And really, furniture is also much nicer in the egg shape. Versatile, that is what the egg is. Dead, that is what most of the sperm is.
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