How The Goose Was Cooked
You have heard of a goose that laid golden eggs. She produced one golden egg each day. So far, so good.
However, some townspeople heard of this phenomenon and said, “This has potential. Let us discover precisely what enables this goose to produce these golden eggs! We will develop a formula to give to the rest of the geese—so they too will lay golden eggs for us!”
So the townspeople grabbed hold of the goose, studied the goose, analyzed the goose, and even dissected the goose. Sure enough, they killed the goose. (Although some other geese destroyed themselves after hearing the preliminary results of the study. They perished while trying to emulate and then outperform the first goose. They were hoping to lay platinum eggs.)
The townspeople failed to enjoy the beauty and mystery of this marvelous goose, enjoying its gold in due time. Instead, they analyzed the poor goose to death!
September 25th, 2006 at 11:37 pm
Another brilliant parable, reminds me of the way that art is viewed by the “art crowd”
and how it is taught in college by certain professors (I can think of one in particular)