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On Miró, or, On Us On Miró
There’s a big Miró retrospective on at the Tate at the moment. It’s a fun exhibition, and clearly popular with kids. The paintings are arranged chronologically. The first room and a half works through the typical progression of a young … Continue reading
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In Remembrance of Simon Green’s Teeth
Quietly turning over a pack of tobacco at my desk, I found myself melting nostalgically as I stared at this image (printed as a health warning). It is I believe the first medical photo I have seen that even begins … Continue reading
UNDER THE GAVEL OF JUSTICE
I recently read about a fascinating court case in Kenya relating to a hyena killed by a local family. The deceased beast was awarded legal representation, and indeed his lawyer spoke forcefully and eloquently, winning a ruling that the guilty … Continue reading
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Running Eye Business Ideas #02: Heartbeatbilling
Everyone knows time is essentially arbitrary. An hour is a useful way of describing the motion of the earth as it spins its path through spacetime, but it is very ineffective when it comes to measuring the human experience of … Continue reading
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Amphibian Ball
Amphibian ball is a brand new sport combining the best of football, water polo and Peruvian mud wrestling. Run like a cheetah — swim like a sea snake — clamber like a frog — in a thrilling hurricane of passion … Continue reading
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On First Looking into Walker’s I Ching
Accept the rising of the sun. Accept the sinking of the sun. Accept the rising of the moon. Accept the sinking of the moon. A.H. 01/2011 cp. Keats on Chapman’s Homer
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Functional Size Perception
In an ambiguous world, it is comforting to think we all share a few common, objective realities. If two people look at the same Granny Smith apple, they are essentially seeing the same thing, right? Not really. Our unconscious brain … Continue reading
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Is the impact of advances in cosmology on a narrative-driven metaphor-rich human brain appropriate?
Roger Penrose (a prominent cosmologist) has a new idea about the universe: instead of starting outright with the Big Bang, the universe passes through an eternal series of aeons. Each aeon draws toward a close as all matter is sucked … Continue reading
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5,000 Years Collapse Like An Accordion (and reopen a little)
Take this analect from Confucius: “It can all be summed up in one phrase: ‘Swerve not from the right path.’” China boasts 5,000 years of continuous civilisation, resulting in a body of thought which is both rich and deep, and … Continue reading
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Gulliver’s Bottom
So a discussion over the eggbot man (see below) provoked a number of thoughts, principally concerning what way up is an egg? (Shades of the ongoing wars of Lilliput in Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.) One approach immediately posits that the fatter … Continue reading
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