Lateral thinking

 

Lateral thinking is a method of approaching a problem by deliberately forgoing obvious methods of reasoning. It requires one to consider a given issue from unlikely angles, uncovering innovative solutions as a result. Psychologist Edward de Bono, who developed the concept of lateral thinking, argued that the brain thinks in two stages: The first is a perceiving stage, where the brain chooses to frame its environment in a certain way, identifying a particular pattern. The second stage uses that pattern, that particular way of looking at the environment, and builds upon it to reach a conclusion.

This painting, at the first glance may look like a door with a lock and a bunch of keys. Is it a door whixh does not have any opening? Is the lock locking anything?  Can the skewed keys open a normal lock? These questions may lead the viewer to rope in lateral thinking to view this abstract by jas mand (Oils on canvas 21"x17", the lock is made of a magnetic sheet, the keys are real. - August 2020).