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Generative artwork in response to Elisabeth Sweet’s question: Putting together Wittgenstein’s concept and Hume’s argument, a miracle is “a proposition” in “violation of the laws of human nature.” To believe a miracle, one must suspend their continuous impression of reality and allow an anomalous category of facts to become the pattern. If a person did not witness the miracle directly, then they place belief in the testimony of others, which amounts to agreement with the language used to express an impression or experience. Hume says testimony is a challenge because men lie while Wittgenstein might say that even the testimony, because of its root in language, hides the reality or essence of the event. Yet, despite argument and disagreement, miracles and their claim persist throughout history, demonstrating the strength of their proposition and thus the power of their original and continuous impression.

What might we call a miracle everyone agrees on?

from encapsuled: var(semic), ONLY MIRACULOUS

encapsuled: var(semic) is a generative conversation exploring the limitations and potential of human ideas read by machines.

the project marks the December 2024 edition of var(verse), an evolving collection of curated poetry made by poets writing & creating today. curated by Elisabeth Sweet on behalf of theVERSEverse