The Order of Things Imagery

The Order of Things Imagery

Painter

Foucault describes, “The painter is standing a little back from the canvas. He is glancing at his model; perhaps he is considering whether to add some finishing touch, though it is also possible that the first stroke has not yet been made. The arm holding the brush is bent to the left, towards touch, though it is also that the first stroke has not yet been made.” The painter's and the canvas' positioning are valuable in influencing the painting work, so that the painter should be positioned strategically to guarantee that the painting will come out as required. All the inputs of painting ought to be positioned appropriately to guarantee a successful painting course.

“Body and Soul”

Foucault writes, “Body and soul, for example, are doubly ‘convenient’: the soul had to be made dense, heavy, and terrestrial for God to place t in every heart of the matter. But through this propinquity, the soul receives the movements of the body and assimilates itself to that body, while ‘the body is altered and corrupted by the passions of the soul." The forms of the 'body and soul' are intertwined; hence, they cannot be separated. The body influences the soul and vice versa. Actions of the body directly impact the soul and vice versa. A body cannot live separately from a soul because their forms are conjoined.

World

Foucault concludes, “The world is simply the universal ‘ convenience’ of things; there are the same number of fishes in the water as there are animals, or objects produced by nature or man, on the land ( are there not fishes called Episcopus, others called Catena, and others called Priapus?)" The world is balanced because the beings found on land surface correspond to those located in water bodies. The convenient balancing guarantees that ecosystems thrive through mutual interrelationships. Therefore, ecosystems cannot exist independently without demanding the aid of creatures in other ecosystems; convenience enables the survival of all creatures.

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