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| Pi, 1998 |
Contemplation is also the "final solution" pointed out in "Pi" (1998, R: Darren Aronofsky). Here, the hero finds his ultimate inner peace and tranquility by looking at the leaves of the trees swaying in the wind.
Additionally, this film provides us with another interesting clue as to how we could relate to or interact with the Infinity.
In one of the first scenes, we see the hero (a man trapped into a tough search for a key-number that could prove that the Universe is governed by order and not by chaos) passing by a group of people practicing an Oriental movement technique (Tai chi chuan, perhaps) in order to harmonize themselves with the Universe.
Thus, in this film we find all three possible approaches that we might take in order to interact with the Infinity:
- research,
- contemplation and
- harmonization.
It's difficult to say which one would be preferable to the others. To solve this dilemma, the best solution would be, perhaps, to carefully mix them, so as to achieve a certain balanced synthesis.
In other words:
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| Pi, 1998 |
On the other hand, also because of our nature (i.e. due to the predefined limits of the human body), we can perceive only fragments of this world and, consequently, we understand nothing else beyond them.
Faced with this contradiction between what we want and what we are actually able to do, it is likely that the best solution would be to have the wisdom to contemplate what we can not comprehend.
And, as we are an integral part of this Universe (which we investigate and contemplate), harmonizing ourselves with its pulse and rhythms would probably be a good idea, too.
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