Monday, July 20, 2009

Plato's chair


, originally uploaded by Teacher Dude's BBQ.

ISAAC


Hey, Sauce, I got a question.


SAUCE


Shoot, buddy.


ISAAC


(Looking pained, trying to
formulate his thoughts.)
What's a chair?


SAUCE


(Confused but indifferent)
What are you talking about, Isaac?


ISAAC


What makes a chair a chair? What do
you think of when I say chair?


SAUCE


Something you sit on.


ISAAC


This couch isn't a chair.


SAUCE


OK. A chair is something with a
back that seats one person.


ISAAC


So when I say “chair,” you think of
some thing with a back that seats
one person.


SAUCE


Yeah.


ISAAC


What color is it?


SAUCE


What?


ISAAC


When I say “chair” and you think of
what ever it is you think of, what
color is it?
Sauce looks around at the blue chair he is sitting in.


SAUCE


Blue.


ISAAC


So if I make a green chair is it
still a chair?

A Platonic Conversation About Chairs
by
Isaac Kiener




Platonic Conversation About Chairs from Isaac Kiener on Vimeo.

2 comments:

ikiener said...

http://vimeo.com/1305688

teacher dude said...

Thanks for the link. Just updated the blog.