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You're looking at a 463 year old painting... That contains 126 hidden messages (that we've been able to count...) This painting is "The Topsy Turvy World" by Bruegel And it has the earliest illustration of the *Blue Pill* Discover this painting's top ten hidden insights 👇🏻

1/ "She puts the blue cloak on her husband" Bruegel's original name for his painting: The Blue Cloak In the center a woman puts a blue cloak on her husband - a Danish proverb meaning to deceive someone The Matrix made the Blue Cloak the Blue Pill - the meaning remains the same

2/ "To be able to tie even the devil to a pillow" This proverb means: Stubbornness Sheer obstinacy The tendency to keep throwing punches If you turn up enough times, learn enough lessons, and iterate for long-enough You can tie even the devil to a pillow

3/ "Never believe someone who carries fire in one hand and water in the other" How much of the modern economy is captured in this proverb? Fast food creates billions in GDP Erodes people's health Then "Healthcare" comes in More billions in GDP Rinse and Repeat

4/ "To not care whose house is on fire as long as one can warm oneself at the blaze" No matter the era, you can always find characters whose minds and souls are hijacked by this brand of short-termism A "me-ism" that doesn't see one can't remain standing if the ecosystem falls

5/ "To be a hen feeler" We see a villager feeling a hen to see if she's going to lay an egg Before slaughtering her This proverb mocks those who are miserly - and hyper-sensitive to all minor losses People obsessed with optimization even when it provides no meaningful gain

6/ "To marry under the broomstick" This proverb chides people who live together without sanctifying their bond before God More broadly, this proverb suggests that everything important must be impressed upon with a divine seal Let the higher power bless your endeavors

7/ "One foot shod, the other bare" Nature abhors imbalance Failure - when its not the result of sloth or monumental bad luck - is often the result of ignoring *the other half* of the equation A product without marketing Marketing without product One foot shod, the other...

8/ "To cast roses before swine" You can't make a man understand something that his job requires him to misunderstand The highest of truths, like the highest of peaks, aren't for all but for the select few ready to make a painful climb Cast not roses before swine

9/ "The world is turned upside down" A feeling that has haunted the hearts of the observant in many eras: Things are the opposite of what they should be The moral order has been inverted And the only way back is a vertigo inducing counter-revolution

10/ Two related messages: "To hold a candle to the Devil" - to be friendly with everyone without exercising any judgement "To confess to the Devil" - to reveal your heart's secrets to the enemy The sin of our age is over-inclusion and tearing down the much needed borders

Artists throughout history - including writers - have left hidden messages in their work Leo Strauss explores this phenomena in his essay: "Persecution and the Art of Writing" How smart writers speak inconvenient truths without losing their necks👇🏻 memod.com/jashdholani/why-authors-write-between-the-lines-3323/part-1

Here's another fascinating painting: The Choice Of Hercules (1596) It shows the timeless conflict between comfort and greatness Here's my 2 minute breakdown of its meaning: memod.com/jashdholani/would-you-rather-be-great-or-happy-5529/part-1

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