Luck Shoe

by Barbara St Jean

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$1,500

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14.000 x 12.000 inches

Title

Luck Shoe

Artist

Barbara St Jean

Medium

Painting - Acrylic On Canvas

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For the want of a nail,

For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the message was lost.
For want of a message the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

This proverb has been around in many variations for centuries (see historical references below), and describes a situation where permitting some small undesirable situation will allow gradual and inexorable worsening. The rhyme is thus a good illustration of the "butterfly effect", and ideas presented in chaos theory, involving sensitive dependence on initial conditions; the initial condition being the presence or absence of the horseshoe nail.[1] At a more literal level, it summarizes the importance of military logistics throughout the history of human warfare. An important thing to note is that these chains of causality are only seen in hindsight. Nobody ever lamented, upon seeing his unshod horse, that the kingdom would eventually fall because of it.[1]
A somewhat similar idea is referred to in the metaphor known as The Camel's nose.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Want_of_a_Nail

by Barbara St. Jean, Saint Jean Art Gallery, Copyright Protected, All rights reserved.

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