The Blackberry Walk

To get in touch with reality is everyone's true aim. Whichever path you travel, no man wills to find what is fake; for what is real is what is, making us feel at one with the world, as if moving in tandem. Reality can be understood from three directions: Truth, who's shadow is lies; Beauty, who's shadow is ugliness; and Goodness, who's shadow is badness. Through these avenues reality can be found. Truth is the reality of what's evident to the senses and to the mind; it's the bird, their song, whilst also being logic and formulae. Truth succeeds in teaching man facts, giving us tools to build and shape man and the Earth. Without Goodness, it's destination is the evil scientist; without beauty, it's destination is efficient concrete prisons. Beauty is the reality beyond the mundane. When we are struck by beauty, we aren't seeing with our eyes, we're seeing with our hearts; we're seeing beyond the reality of things to a hidden reality inside the painting, between the lines, or deeper into the music. Without Truth, Beauty is the fantasist, whose head sits above the clouds unaware; without Goodness, Beauty can possess man with symbols and images, taking him down undesirable paths. Goodness is the reality of purpose. To be a good chair is to be sturdy and comfortable, for a scientific model to be a good fit is for the model to well-explain what it describes, and to be a good person is too to act in concordance with man's purpose. Without Truth, Goodness is misled, blind to its purpose, judging fitness based on falsehood; without Beauty, even if the purpose should be accorded to, the person, chair, or model, shall be all but forgotten.