Art & Design Entropy | 29 Apr 2011
It was so easy living day by day, Out of touch with the rhythm and blues But now I need a little give and take The New York Times, The Daily News… .. Cause I’m in a New York state of mind.. I loved this beautiful poster/ illustration created by french illustrator Julie Mercier. There [...]
Diane Ackerman is an American author, poet, and naturalist known best for her work A Natural History of the Senses. She has a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1978, where her dissertation advisor was Carl Sagan. This poem reveals her intense sensitivity & thoughts on the world of nature, science, and society. On a personal [...]
Thought Provoking Entropy | 12 Apr 2011
Metaphors can be used to increase understanding of the real world, or they can be used to construct worlds that are not real, worlds that are all scaffolding and no structure. Metaphorically speaking, that is… Metaphors are central to our thought life, and thus are worth a closer look. Once again reproducing and sharing animated [...]
Economic Behaviour Entropy | 09 Apr 2011
“To pretend that civilization can exist without destroying its own landbase and the landbases and cultures of others is to be entirely ignorant of history, biology, thermodynamics, morality, and self-preservation.” — Derrick Jensen (Endgame: The Problem of Civilization) This is an thought provoking essay by Derrik Jensen the philosopher poet of the environmental movement and [...]