Secrets of Life - The Human Machine and How it Works: Perception through Impression 1970

Editor: So, this is Sir Eduardo Paolozzi's print, "Secrets of Life - The Human Machine and How it Works: Perception through Impression." It feels like a strange anatomical diagram mixed with pop art. What jumps out at you? Curator: It's like Paolozzi's taken a scalpel to the relationship between our internal worlds and the barrage of external stimuli. See how the 'car' sign is both outside and inside the head? The human mind is presented as a quirky, mechanistic system—but is that really all we are? Editor: So, you're saying it's a commentary on how we process information, or maybe even how we're *over* stimulated? Curator: Precisely. It reflects the anxiety of the modern world, perhaps. Paolozzi invites us to see ourselves as beautiful, complicated machines, but not without a hint of irony, I think. Maybe he is asking: Is perception really just impression? Editor: That's a lot to think about; it’s much more complex than I initially perceived.