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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Yup...
My thoughts exactly. Though sometimes I need a reminder. It reminds me of a poster I made in college, or of SARK. One snipit I'll highlight, "all emotions are beautiful". (to purchase this poster)
Friday, June 17, 2011
Each little clam here know how to jam here...
...under the melted glacier lake! These next two places are on my travel hit list. Both involve scuba, a new fear-fighting hobby of mine.
Below is an image taken at Green Lake in Austria. Every year from June to July the ice and snow atop the nearby Hochschwab mountains melts, transforming this park into an underwater playground for divers. See here for the full article...
Below is an image taken at Green Lake in Austria. Every year from June to July the ice and snow atop the nearby Hochschwab mountains melts, transforming this park into an underwater playground for divers. See here for the full article...
Far away from Austria (and in much warmer water) lies an underwater art gallery. Near Cancun, Mexico, in the National Marine Park of Isla Mujeres, 120 tons of cement stands on the ocean floor in the form of muted people looking towards the surface. The creator and artist Jason deCaires Taylor calls this manmade reef “The Silent Evolution”. Though fresh and clean right now, I prefer to wait a few years before visiting this site so I can mingle with the fishies and these characters once dressed in colorful, texturized algae.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
An Escape Pod?
A neat concept though I'd have the whole floor covered in a layer of white plushness that I could fall into. I'd also have removable in-set attachment brackets in the walls so I could mount hardened work space or shelves for my in-progress art, candles (for meditation & yoga), plants, or photographs of all that I see as beautiful. The space inside would be fluid, reflecting my everchanging moods. This would be a sanctuary where I could be surrounded by my thoughts and ideas, or to escape from them...
The Inspiration Archipod, for "only" $40,000....
The Inspiration Archipod, for "only" $40,000....
Solar Flares... and 2012?
On June 7th, a super solar flare erupted on the sun, spraying massive amounts of electromagnetic particles into space. Luckily, it was not directed at the earth. Scientists say we are coming to a high point in the sun's storm cycle in 2013-2014. Unfortunately, this means there will be more frequent, more intense flares ahead, some of which may be headed straight for us. The concern? A direct hit on earth would result in a surge on the power grid with the potential to burn out the industrial-sized generators that give us electricity throughout the world (for an indefinite period of time) but also to wipe out any/all information stored on computer systems. This means unless banks and government entities have alternate data storage locations in protected faraday cages advanced enough to prevent damage from such an electromagnetic storm, the electronic history of everyone on earth could be wiped clean. This includes the money I've been saving in the bank- potentially gone.
This site offers some more interesting information (especially the Carrington event) as well as a personal protection measure, a Faraday bag in which you can store your electronics.
Contrary to all the hype above however, other scientists are saying that not only will the 2013 Solar Maximum be weak, but that it will potentially initiate the beginning of a period of solar inactivity. While a cool period would affect the earth's climate, it may not yield nearly the devastation of a super solar flare hitting Earth.
Contrary to all the hype above however, other scientists are saying that not only will the 2013 Solar Maximum be weak, but that it will potentially initiate the beginning of a period of solar inactivity. While a cool period would affect the earth's climate, it may not yield nearly the devastation of a super solar flare hitting Earth.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Evolution of Character
In Cosmos Carl Sagan said, “We are made of star stuff.”
I'll add to the point above by saying that stars are balls of fire and that we are just as volatile. That everything in the cosmos is the result of (or will result in) an explosion, be it a massive universe-creating one or the colliding of synapsis. While gravity may seem unchanging, it is only our minute perspective that makes it appear as such. Everything is in constant flux and to believe otherwise, that some things might actually stay the same, is naive. Yes, I will always love my family. But even the dynamics b/w each of us are perpetually changing. Changes, whether happy or sad, always bring hope, for both new opportunities and second-chances lie on these paths that cross often in this web. But to suppose that anything could remain constant once found is sadly more absurd than believing that a star is nothing more than a twinkling light. Whether a cataclysm of atomic explosions reaching us millions of years after the snapshot had been taken or a wish granting ambassador, there will always be many interpretations and much unknown. It is in the unknown and in our transitions that possibilities lie, where dreams breathe and creativity thrives. To find your way means to constantly redefine yourself as you fit into the cosmos at that moment.
How can I best affect this moment? What is the world missing that I can provide? Is my absense more beneficial in certain circumstances? Why have I been given these opportunities? This understanding? This life...? How will my changes, my breath, my conscious decisions affect the world? Must I explain myself?? And will benevolent acts result in benevolence or is perception a more influential factor?
“Many social and natural phenomena—societies, economies, ecosystems, climate systems—are complex evolving webs of interdependent parts whose collective behavior cannot be reduced to a sum of parts; small, gradual changes in any component can trigger catastrophic and potentially irreversible changes in the entire system that can propagate, in domino fashion, even across traditional disciplinary boundaries.”—George Sugihara (a theoretical biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
*currently listening to Hotel Costes 5......
I'll add to the point above by saying that stars are balls of fire and that we are just as volatile. That everything in the cosmos is the result of (or will result in) an explosion, be it a massive universe-creating one or the colliding of synapsis. While gravity may seem unchanging, it is only our minute perspective that makes it appear as such. Everything is in constant flux and to believe otherwise, that some things might actually stay the same, is naive. Yes, I will always love my family. But even the dynamics b/w each of us are perpetually changing. Changes, whether happy or sad, always bring hope, for both new opportunities and second-chances lie on these paths that cross often in this web. But to suppose that anything could remain constant once found is sadly more absurd than believing that a star is nothing more than a twinkling light. Whether a cataclysm of atomic explosions reaching us millions of years after the snapshot had been taken or a wish granting ambassador, there will always be many interpretations and much unknown. It is in the unknown and in our transitions that possibilities lie, where dreams breathe and creativity thrives. To find your way means to constantly redefine yourself as you fit into the cosmos at that moment.
How can I best affect this moment? What is the world missing that I can provide? Is my absense more beneficial in certain circumstances? Why have I been given these opportunities? This understanding? This life...? How will my changes, my breath, my conscious decisions affect the world? Must I explain myself?? And will benevolent acts result in benevolence or is perception a more influential factor?
“Many social and natural phenomena—societies, economies, ecosystems, climate systems—are complex evolving webs of interdependent parts whose collective behavior cannot be reduced to a sum of parts; small, gradual changes in any component can trigger catastrophic and potentially irreversible changes in the entire system that can propagate, in domino fashion, even across traditional disciplinary boundaries.”—George Sugihara (a theoretical biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
*currently listening to Hotel Costes 5......
It's that time again...
So it seems I have a propensity to post here every year or so. I have a feeling that will change now. There are many many reasons why I have not posted much this past year, one being my focus in other areas of life. Though I will surely be caught up in another career whirlwind shortly, I am attempting now to update this little creative corner of my world with photos, philosophical rants, and any other musings that decide to surface.
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