This painting is about two wisemen, who don’t look like us but who want the best for us on earth. After a long discussion they decide it’s necessary to send what they can to earth. Having lived a long time in their current environment they agree they have collected some wisdom so that is what they are going to translate to the earth ASAP.
Perhaps they are thinking of Socrates and Plato when they had this discussion? or perhaps something else. What wisdom would you send?
“Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country?Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this.Socrates: How so, Plato?Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is asculptor.Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they haveno need to be reminded.Plato: That is correct.Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders.”― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly,