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Richmond, VA. My rug…the rug…The blue rug, resting quietly at the center of the room, does more than decorate the space — it anchors it.
Its deep blue border speaks of calm and stillness, like the horizon line of a serene sea, holding everything within its quiet embrace. The white center, adorned with gentle, structured designs, mirrors the clarity of a mind at peace — not empty, but intentional, patterned with quiet order.
Philosophically, peace isn’t the absence of movement; it’s the presence of harmony. In the same way, this rug doesn’t shout for attention. Instead, it weaves the room together, drawing scattered elements — chairs, tables, footsteps, conversations — into a shared center. It creates balance without demanding it.
Much like an inner still point within a busy mind, the rug’s calm design allows everything around it to exist in relationship rather than competition. The blue border symbolizes boundaries that keep the world from spilling into chaos, while the white center represents the open space where thought, conversation, and life itself can flow freely.
Peace, then, is not just felt — it is placed, framed, and lived in. The rug becomes a quiet philosophy: a reminder that harmony often begins with a single, steady center.
The traditional answer that “Metaphysics” is defined as the study of being and existence, focusing on questions about what it means for something to exist. As this school of thought examines the basic structure of reality, including concepts such as substance, causality, time, space, and possibility. Metaphysics seeks to answer profound questions like: What is the nature of reality?
I propose this question; it was the entire final exam for my graduation Philosophy exam in college. The professor enters the room and hands out blank sheets of paper. Test is to prove or disprove the physical nature of the “chair that he has just placed on his desk.” My response shocked the professor; I was given a “B”; as I did not defend my answer. The response I provided, was to immediately write and turn in this: “What Chair?”
How do you see my answer?
