Sunday, November 23, 2008

Bell Curve Distribution--the 2% Solution


Why would I not expect that the Bell Curve does most certainly apply to any instance of expressed individuality...in any circumstance. Is it not the case that whatever we do and say is pretty much silently decided by a virtual steering committee of social forces at nearly every occasion. Do we not constantly seek to shape ourselves and our communications to fit the needs of just about everyone but our Self? Sadly, I think it is, as the graphic shows, a case where we 'put out' authentic Self representation in only about 2% of our attempts to "be there" in a true self-similar fashion. If we go through the process of observing a hundred paintings by a particular artist, and only two of those works seems to have something like an observable natal chart resonance, why would that be so unnatural a finding? Should we not expect that one standard deviation plus or minus would mean 68% of all works would be found to have only sublimated individualistic content...and do we not encourage things to be just so, ever more 'universally' significant, whatever. Even paintings intended to be individualistic works of abstract expressionism are just as likely fall into a pit of norms we can only fairly judge to be some form of unintended cliche. And, concerning life in general, as being our mode of constant creative output, our measure of individual being-ness, what if the person who should be 'horoscopic-ally' predictable is simply not present about 98% of the time...:)?

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