The artistic use of language depends upon the ' fertililty of ambiguity'- so writes Dr. Wayne Dyer in his book "The Sky's The Limit." The fertility of ambiguity is the abilty to reveal some truth, show some beauty, in lots of different ways to all kinds of different people.
The same is true of a great painting, photograph or any other work of art.
Describing the thought process, philosopher Martin Heidegger wrote :
muliplicity of thought is the element in which all thought must move in order to be strict thought. He used this image to illustrate the point. To a fish, the depths and expanses of its waters, the currents and quiet pools, warm and cold waters are the elements of mutiple mobility. If the fish is deprived of the fullness of its element, if it is dragged on dry land, then it can only wriggle, twitch, and die.
Therefore, we must always seek out thinking, and its burden of thought, in the element of its multiple meanings, else everything will remain closed to us.
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