Wisdom in naivety
January 23, 2013 § 16 Comments
Wisdom is an island,
with lakes of knowledge
and rivers of experience.
But
even wisdom must regard
the ocean of naïvety
that relentlessly transpires upon it.
~ Kelly Hartland
kellyhartland
Aphorist / Visual Artist
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I tried to read this last night when I was tired when nothing was making sense. From what I can see, our wisdom though complex and lush is still small in comparison to God’s vast wisdom. God’s ocean of vastness is our naivety?
I suppose I believe that even wisdom does not know – even wisdom is naive, and that perhaps true wisdom will refer to what is perceived as naivety – in its wisdom.
I believe that true wisdom would regard naivety with an open heart, and be prepared to sit under it; learn from it.
… but, perhaps I’m just being naive about wisdom?…
Hi Kelly,
Do you make a distinction between innocence and naivety in your thinking? Is there a difference between the two?
Hey by the way, I love your first interpretation – it’s beautiful! I try to word my aphorisms in such a way, so that people can draw from themselves to interpret it. And I love how you’ve read!
And yes, in my mind naivety also carries the meaning of innocence. It also means (according to my beloved thesaurus) unaffected, unsophisticated, unpretentious, unpretending,trusting, simple-minded et cetera.
I love the idea of challenging the way we think of wisdom. I believe that the truly wise wouldn’t discard, or overlook, what the rest of us may. I believe that someone who is wise would look to a child; and learn.
Yes, wisdom has that undeniable unpretentious quality otherwise it degenerates into a platitudinous show of superiority or condensation. I don’t know whether that makes any sense…
Yeah, that completely makes sense – well said
the naïveté leads you open to more wisdom…
Yeah – I think it does