{"id":56143,"date":"2025-08-29T17:53:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=56143"},"modified":"2025-08-31T05:19:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T10:19:40","slug":"categorization-of-fools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=56143","title":{"rendered":"Categorization of Fools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Life is a river that simply flows. &#8211; <em>Eternalised<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a moment of self reflection, the entire <strong>WLBOTT<\/strong> board meditated on the question &#8220;What Kind of Fool Am I?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We got our research department on this topic, toot-sweet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They found a very illuminating video, by a the creater <em>Eternalised<\/em>.<br><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_hoBacQm8vs\" title=\"The Fool Dances with Death\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eternalised identifies different archetypal fools:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us first look at the different types of fools. While the archetype of the Fool\u2014like any archetype\u2014is in itself unrepresentable, we come to know its patterns and behaviours through its various archetypal images: <strong>buffoon<\/strong>, <strong>court jester<\/strong>, <strong>trickster<\/strong>, <strong>clown<\/strong>, <strong>joker<\/strong>, <strong>wise fool<\/strong>, <strong>natural fool<\/strong>, and <strong>holy fool<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2025-10_09_33-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56147 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2025-10_09_33-AM.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-29-2025-10_09_33-AM-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We usually use the word \u201cfool\u201d as an insult to refer to a simpleton or stupid person. However, one should not curse the fool, but rather learn to live by his rule.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_hoBacQm8vs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eternalised<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This paradox is seen in the figure of the \u201c<strong>wise fool<\/strong>.\u201d Socrates, for example, claimed that his wisdom arose from the awareness of his own ignorance. The wise fool hides wisdom behind a fa\u00e7ade of madness. Such a person, identified as a fool by others, ultimately proves to be the true bearer of wisdom. Foolishness is the necessary compensation for wisdom; there is no true wisdom without folly.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"796\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/yWIuRIlbuSmxaFLCIxbL-0-m2ouy-796x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56153 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/yWIuRIlbuSmxaFLCIxbL-0-m2ouy-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/yWIuRIlbuSmxaFLCIxbL-0-m2ouy-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/yWIuRIlbuSmxaFLCIxbL-0-m2ouy-768x987.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/yWIuRIlbuSmxaFLCIxbL-0-m2ouy.jpg 896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_hoBacQm8vs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eternalised<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Till Eulenspiegel is a popular 14th-century trickster figure in German folklore. In one story, he laughed and sang happily while labouring uphill, but when going downhill\u2014where it was pleasant and easy\u2014he wept and grew gloomy. When asked why, he replied, \u201cWhen I go uphill, I think of going downhill, and when I go downhill, I think of going uphill.\u201d In other words, he found joy when walking uphill in anticipation of the coming descent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3xN4D1zQU1MY5DBij4ln-0-c27sd.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"56155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3xN4D1zQU1MY5DBij4ln-0-c27sd.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3xN4D1zQU1MY5DBij4ln-0-c27sd.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3xN4D1zQU1MY5DBij4ln-0-c27sd-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3xN4D1zQU1MY5DBij4ln-0-c27sd-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3xN4D1zQU1MY5DBij4ln-0-c27sd-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3xN4D1zQU1MY5DBij4ln-0-c27sd-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_hoBacQm8vs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eternalised<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her book <em>The Top Five Regrets of The Dying<\/em>, <strong>Bronnie Ware<\/strong> writes that the most common regret expressed by those nearing death is: \u201cI wish I\u2019d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.\u201d As people approach the end of their lives, they often speak not of deep regret over what they did, but of what they failed to do\u2014of dreams left unpursued and potential unrealised.<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_hoBacQm8vs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eternalised<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 59%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q:<\/strong> How cool is the Austin Public Library?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A:<\/strong> Very cool.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/irl_250829_0016.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56158 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/irl_250829_0016.png 663w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/irl_250829_0016-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Collection of WLBOTT Corporate and Community Fools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9ehlooiR2BUIRomDa7Us-0-lmex9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"56163\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/9ehlooiR2BUIRomDa7Us-0-lmex9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56163\" 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size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gPfZhow1YlnHDGSGjV5F-0-x8xje.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"56162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gPfZhow1YlnHDGSGjV5F-0-x8xje.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gPfZhow1YlnHDGSGjV5F-0-x8xje.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gPfZhow1YlnHDGSGjV5F-0-x8xje-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gPfZhow1YlnHDGSGjV5F-0-x8xje-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/csxdBmHANTxGCXUMiNbh-0-2lvmq.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"56166\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VONWBWnQ7SJqKzJnK2pV-0-y9k5s.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"56168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VONWBWnQ7SJqKzJnK2pV-0-y9k5s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VONWBWnQ7SJqKzJnK2pV-0-y9k5s.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VONWBWnQ7SJqKzJnK2pV-0-y9k5s-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/a8wOcn6iB76DTLFeBdju-0-va1e8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"56173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/a8wOcn6iB76DTLFeBdju-0-va1e8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/a8wOcn6iB76DTLFeBdju-0-va1e8.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/a8wOcn6iB76DTLFeBdju-0-va1e8-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Since God is complete and lacks nothing, there is no purpose or necessity for creation. Instead, the universe arises spontaneously out of joy and freedom.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Eternalised<br>Can&#8217;t this apply equally to the Christian God?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Let&#8217;s check in with <strong>Elder G<\/strong> on this one&#8230;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WLBOTT:<\/strong><br>In the video. Eternalised talks about God&#8217;s part in all this. I&#8217;m paraphrasing, but basically, since God is all-knowing and all-powerful, She\/He doesn&#8217;t really need people. People are more for fun, and therefore we humans shouldn&#8217;t take the world so seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elder G:<\/strong><br>Yes \u2014 Eternalised leans into a very old but still provocative idea: that God, being omniscient and omnipotent, doesn\u2019t <em>need<\/em> us in the utilitarian sense. Instead, our existence might be an expression of divine <em>play<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Theological Echoes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Leela in Hinduism<\/strong>: In Vedantic philosophy, the universe is sometimes described as <em>lila<\/em>, God\u2019s \u201cplay.\u201d Creation isn\u2019t a grim duty but a cosmic game of hide-and-seek, with beings exploring, suffering, laughing, and rediscovering the divine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Medieval Mystics<\/strong>: Some Christian mystics hinted that God delights in creation almost like a painter delights in colors \u2014 not out of necessity, but out of joy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Kierkegaard &amp; Dostoevsky<\/strong>: Both suggest that seriousness must coexist with a willingness to risk folly, because only through risk and play do we meet God authentically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Fool\u2019s Role<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the cosmos itself is a divine game, then the Fool is not just a silly character \u2014 the Fool becomes an archetype of how to live truthfully:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">To <strong>not take oneself too seriously<\/strong> (because seriousness without play hardens into despair).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">To <strong>enter the world with trust<\/strong>, as if existence itself is worth participating in, even if it looks absurd.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">To <strong>mirror God\u2019s playfulness<\/strong> in human form \u2014 dancing, joking, stumbling, but still moving forward.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why This Matters for Us<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reminder is: <em>don\u2019t let the weight of the world crush you<\/em>. Yes, suffering is real, but alongside it there\u2019s laughter, chickens in robes, and Jell-O collapsing at the wrong moment. That blend \u2014 absurd yet profound \u2014 may be closer to God\u2019s view of creation than we usually imagine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Little Shakespeare<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">for within the hollow crown<br>That rounds the mortal temples of a king<br>Keeps Death his court and there the antic sits,<br>Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp,<br>Allowing him a breath, a little scene,<br>To monarchize, be fear\u2019d and kill with looks,<br>Infusing him with self and vain conceit,<br>As if this flesh which walls about our life,<br>Were brass impregnable, and humor\u2019d thus<br>Comes at the last and with a little pin<br>Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!<\/p>\n<cite>By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poets\/william-shakespeare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">William Shakespeare<\/a><br>(from&nbsp;Richard II, spoken by King Richard)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elder G<\/strong> translates this into English:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside the crown that rests on a king\u2019s head,<br>Death holds court \u2014 mocking the king,<br>laughing at his power and pride.<br><br>Death lets him play his role for a short while:<br>to act like a monarch, to be feared,<br>to believe himself all-important.<br><br>The king imagines his body is like strong armor,<br>a fortress that can\u2019t be broken.<br><br>But in the end, Death needs only the prick of a tiny pin<br>to pierce that wall of flesh \u2014<br>and then, goodbye, king.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And in the most proper from of modern English, <strong>Elder G<\/strong> translates this into <strong>West Texan<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, sittin\u2019 up there wearin\u2019 that shiny crown,<br>A king might think he\u2019s tougher\u2019n boot leather.<br>But Death camps out in that same hat,<br>Chucklin\u2019 at his swagger, grinnin\u2019 at his show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He lets the fella strut awhile,<br>Playin\u2019 big boss, scarin\u2019 folks with a glare,<br>Fillin\u2019 his britches with pride,<br>Like this sack o\u2019 meat he\u2019s livin\u2019 in<br>Was built outta barbed wire and mesquite wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But sooner or later, sure as a dry wind,<br>Death takes a rusty little nail<br>And pokes clean through that high wall\u2014<br>And just like that,<br>It\u2019s \u201cso long, cowboy king.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default 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