{"product_id":"shakespeare-fool","title":"Better a Wity Fool","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - William Shakespeare\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Shakespeare’s plays, the rich and powerful are sometimes clueless, and the penniless “fools” are often the smartest guys in the room. Sound familiar?\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn our illustration we used a king and jester to represent the wise and foolish respectively. We then used text as a device to represent the quality of their thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn contrast to his outward appearance, the fools’ thoughts are rich and dense, forming an elaborate jeweled crown. Likewise, the king’s are sparse and simplistic, forming a jester’s hat. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe idea of the \"witty fool\" reminds us of Socrates' famous quotation \"I know that I know nothing.\" Wisdom begins with knowing you're a fool, and we see this quotation as a challenge to engage the world with real curiosity, humility, and openness. As far as the arrogance and self confidence of the \"foolish wit\" - well let's just do our best to avoid that stuff, shall we? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is part of our \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/obviousstate.mom\/collections\/most-absurd\"\u003eMost Absurd\u003c\/a\u003e\" Shakespeare collection. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIAL OFFER\u003cbr\u003eAny 3 prints for $48 (regularly $72) \u003cbr\u003eCode: 3PRINTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSee all prints \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/obviousstate.mom\/collections\/art-prints\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• 11x14 inch art print with white border \u003cbr\u003e• Premium, fine art paper made in New York \u003cbr\u003e• Elegant eggshell finish\u003cbr\u003e• Ships in a a rigid, flat mailer. No need to unroll! \u003cbr\u003e• Fits into standard 11x14 frames (or a 16x20 frame matted to 11x14) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"meta\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"meta\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCustom sizes available\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/obviousstate.myshopify.com\/products\/custom-print\"\u003eHERE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"William Shakespeare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685031448827,"sku":"22P-SHA5","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/5705\/products\/22P-SHA5-1.jpg?v=1772059610","url":"https:\/\/obviousstate.mom\/products\/shakespeare-fool","provider":"Obvious State","version":"1.0","type":"link"}