Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Ambiguity

Ambiguity is a condition where information can be understood or interpreted in more than one way.
Sometimes the context may play a role in resolving ambiguity. Ambiguity can be found in various contexts.

1)Visual art.
In visual art, certain images are visually ambiguous, such as the Necker cube, which can be interpreted in two ways.Perceptions of such objects remain stable for a time, before different perceptions take place. And thus resolving ambiguity.

2)Music
In music, pieces or sections which confound expectations and may be or are interpreted simultaneously in different ways are ambiguous. Different rhythms, ambiguous phrasing, meters.
Most ambiguous music are found in Africa.

In conclusion, ambiguity can be found in many forms of daily life, even in poems. Some contexts may be ambiguous, difficult to perceive or comprehend.

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