A Bit of Both

From the Gill Tarot, the Eight of Swords; from The Circle, Harvest:

If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. ―George Bernard Shaw

          The Thoth version of the Eight of Swords is a battle of ideas between rational, science-based thinking and imaginative, fantasy-based thinking. If we were to limit ourselves to one or the other, we might languish with a lack of fresh possibilities or live in a dream world where nothing ever is rendered into reality. The truth is that useful ideas need both visionaries and analysts, even when both concepts seem to conflict with each other. As F. Scott Fitzgerald said, "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind, at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." Harvest suggests we plant a few of these 'seed' ideas, nurture them, and see what kind of fruit they bear. 

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

―Brian O'Driscoll