original fable
Spear meets shield.
A merchant promises a spear that pierces anything and a shield nothing can pierce. The workshop goes quiet.
a pop-art workshop for impossible things
mujun.works
矛盾 — where contradictions are made
the contradiction workshop
Artifacts pinned while the clay is still warm.
“The tool that fixes the problem is made from the problem.”
margin note: keep both halves visible
The arrow returns.
Cause points at effect; effect turns around with a pencil.
self-reference
A hand draws the hand drawing it.
The line is not confused. It simply refuses to choose which side of the paper is real.
A door opens into itself.
Step through carefully; the exit is busy becoming the entrance.
infinite regress, neatly swept
“This sentence is a shield pretending to be a spear.”
liar's paradox
Two bubbles disagree in perfect harmony.
One says “false.” The other says “exactly.” Both wear the same warm clay jacket.
“A contradiction is not a crack. It is a hinge.”
file under: things that open by resisting
楚人に盾と矛とを鬻ぐ者あり
A maker stands between the thing that pierces and the thing that cannot be pierced.
不可陥の盾、何でも陥す矛
The question is a tool. The silence is a kiln.