Philosophers, artists and writers often touch on the topic of choice - choice between moral and immoral acts, choice between a life of celibacy or debauchery, or between pleasure and virtue.
Yin and Yang, but with Free Will at play.
Ofcourse, life rarely works in such a dualistic fashion, but as humans we love acknowledging that black has a white, that yin has a yang.
Today's Daily Quota is a painting by Italian baroque artist Annibale Carracci.
It is titled The Choice of Hercules and depicts just that - the choice that the young Hercules had to make when presented between two life paths.
According to Xenophon's Memorabilia, a young Herakles (later known as the Roman Hercules) was sent to attend to cattle on the mountainside.
There, he came across two nymphs - Pleasure and Virtue - who presented him with an irreversible choice;
A life of pleasure and excess, to be long forgetten, or a life of hardship and sacrifice, immortalized in memory.
He chose the latter.
Ah yes, a conundrum indeed. One that we all face - whether on a long or short term basis.
Perhaps a good painting to hang above your desk for those all-nighters?
A brilliant painting, a timeless concept, and a reminder that even demi-gods are not immune to sacrifice
Ah yes, a sardonic Saturday indeed.
Unless, ofcourse, you would rather choose the path of oblivion...
VIEW IT HERE
Yin and Yang, but with Free Will at play.Ofcourse, life rarely works in such a dualistic fashion, but as humans we love acknowledging that black has a white, that yin has a yang.
Today's Daily Quota is a painting by Italian baroque artist Annibale Carracci.
It is titled The Choice of Hercules and depicts just that - the choice that the young Hercules had to make when presented between two life paths.
According to Xenophon's Memorabilia, a young Herakles (later known as the Roman Hercules) was sent to attend to cattle on the mountainside.
There, he came across two nymphs - Pleasure and Virtue - who presented him with an irreversible choice;
A life of pleasure and excess, to be long forgetten, or a life of hardship and sacrifice, immortalized in memory.
He chose the latter.
Ah yes, a conundrum indeed. One that we all face - whether on a long or short term basis.
Perhaps a good painting to hang above your desk for those all-nighters?
A brilliant painting, a timeless concept, and a reminder that even demi-gods are not immune to sacrifice
Ah yes, a sardonic Saturday indeed.
Unless, ofcourse, you would rather choose the path of oblivion...
VIEW IT HERE
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