{"id":49787,"date":"2023-09-07T16:02:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/?p=49787"},"modified":"2023-09-08T08:32:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T06:32:39","slug":"still-water-and-the-potency-of-the-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/still-water-and-the-potency-of-the-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Water and the Potency of the Image"},"content":{"rendered":"Form emerges as an image reflected in water at rest in a stone basin. The phenomenon alludes to the essence of Sophia\u2014a creature that finds infinity in finitude.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWater in a liquid state captures its power as mediator and form-changer. It moves between clouds and ice, between the airy and the solid. Water is solid when frozen, but is defined by the solid when held and contained. Walking in the mountains or along a stream, we see puddles in limestone dells or on the roads after a rain. The solid holds the water still, and we find the exquisite event of mirroring, unparalleled anywhere else in nature. A tiny touch or a gust of wind sends the pristine forms into braiding runs and ribbons. When stillness and the picture return, the corporeal is flattened. It is again a surface of light<div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\">Would you like to keep reading? We're pleased to present our Summer 2026 offer, valid until August 8: <a href=\"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/subscribe\/\"> three months of free access <\/a> \u2013 cancel anytime.\r\n<br><br>\r\nIf you're already a subscriber, <a href=\"#\" class=\"modal-tr\" data-type=\"latl\">please log in here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Form emerges as an image reflected in water at rest in a stone basin. The phenomenon alludes to the essence of Sophia\u2014a creature that finds infinity in finitude. Water in a liquid state captures its power as mediator and form-changer. It moves between clouds and ice, between the airy and the solid. Water is solid when frozen, but is defined by the solid when held and contained. Walking in the mountains or along a stream, we see puddles in limestone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9161,"featured_media":49454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816,8793],"tags":[11368,8814],"class_list":["post-49787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature","category-philosophy","tag-2023-33-34-en","tag-musings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dasgoetheanum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}