As I mentioned back in September (see
9/20/10), I'm writing more and more on the development 'blog for the next Zuppa show. If you want to follow along, feel free! Right now the ideas are big and broad. They will narrow from discussions of theme to tiny details of fart gags, just you wait and see. My latest entry discusses ideas of creation and recognition. A snippet to whet:
Many [human] instincts apply to our tendency toward seeing faces in things with whose creation we had little or nothing to do - pareidolia. We see faces in woodgrain, water stains, toast. You name it. Of course we're inclined toward this for a variety of reasons, but what interests me about it are a few possibilities outside the realm of anything logical:
Maybe we're more inclined to pareidolia when we're lonely, or feel great need of some kind.
What if, instead of seeing faces because of a need, we're seeing them because we in some way recognize an object in front of us in some personal way?
What if pareidolia leads to a relationship, the way the supposed recognition involved in "love at first sight" can?
Read the rest here: Simulacra & Pareidolia.
