Friday, February 1, 2013

Paradox/Oxymoron

https://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/the-anti-democrats-paradox/




















This picture represents a visual paradox with the fact that it can't be true according to logic or even common sense. The ring itself is known as a Mobius ring which is basically a ring that continues to circle around infinitely, and this shows how the ants that are crawling it are just walking around in the Mobius ring forever. One fact that it is also a paradox is because when you make an ant crawl from the inside, it will end up crawling from the outside as the ring elapses with itself. Overall, this picture can be a perfect example for a visual representation of a paradox with the thought that when it is viewed by a person just "like that," it'll be very confusing, and not make sense at all in any possible way.


http://traduzioniclick.it/blog-entry_paradox-vs-oxymoron
The picture below represents a good paradox just like the visual paradox above about  the Mobius ring. 
The picture isn't exactly the Mobius ring itself, thus it is a close example as it has a similar concept of not being understandable by logic or common sense with the fact that it spins around infinitely. Overall, it doesn't really have a deep meaning into it as it is just a simple picture of a triangle that is deformed, and won't really give viewers a clear meaning of a paradox in any sort of way. Thus, using this picture as a continuing example after a person has understand the meaning of a paradox could work out , and let them understand more about the paradox him/herself.

















This picture is a perfect visual representation of an 
oxymoron due to the fact that they combine the two contradictory terms "STOP," and "KEEP MOVING." When someone is driving a car and stumbles upon a sign that says "STOP," and then suddenly look to their right and see a sign that says "KEEP MOVING," they're obviously going to be confused in deciding their next action. Basically what this picture shows us is the exact definition of what an oxymoron is thus in a visual way, and it gives a clear explanation of doing so. There are many more pictures that could of represented an oxymoron, yet I believed that this one was the simplest pictures to portray the exact meaning of an oxymoron.