For a number of weekends now, my son and I have attended several university open days, touring facilities and listening to presentations in lecture theatres up and down the land. These photos of blackboards by Jessica Wynne look quite familiar—and equally incomprehensible.
A photographic survey by Jessica Wynne of chalkboards filled by mathematicians
Wynne tells Colossal that she enjoys photographing the dusty work surfaces because of “their beauty, mystery and the pleasure of creating a permanent document of something that is ephemeral.” The “Do Not Erase” photo series, soon to be published in a book by Princeton University Press for release in 2020, includes boards from institutions and universities around the world. Wynne hopes that viewers can appreciate the aesthetic of the worked surfaces while “simultaneously appreciating that the work on the board represents something much deeper, beyond the surface.”
For years, the top of my board had a quote on it, everything else could get erased, except the quote: “The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
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That’s great. But would you question even that? 🙂
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That is a very profound question! (Though I can’t tell if you asked it in jest 🙃). It’s one of the (delightful) questions that must be mulled over… Does it turn it into a paradox, like “I always lie”? I’ll need to sleep on it 🙂
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Since I’ve been thinking about it, the answer seems to be yes… with the outcome of continue questioning 🙂
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