Books &Meditation Entropy | 19 May 2010
Wisdom: From Philosophy to Neuroscience- By Stephen S. Hall This Book is a compelling investigation into one of our most coveted and cherished ideals, and the efforts of modern science to penetrate the mysterious nature of this timeless virtue. In the words of Lama Surya Das – Wisdom is an endangered natural resource today in [...]
Books &Music Entropy | 11 May 2010
The Blue Moment Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music.. The critics and jazz fans alike consider Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue an improvisational tour de force. Davis cultivated an atmosphere of creative instability by rolling tape on his ensemble’s first takes and refusing to rehearse. They turned out a collection [...]
Architecture & Design &Books Entropy | 23 Apr 2010
“If nature has commanded that of all the animals, infancy shall last longest in human beings—it is because nature knows how many rivers there are to cross and paths to retrace. Nature provides time for mistakes to be corrected (by both children and adults), for prejudices to overcome, and for children to catch their breath [...]
Books &Globalisation Entropy | 15 Apr 2010
Today, local economies are being destroyed by the “pluralistic,” displaced, global economy, which has no respect for what works in a locality. The global economy is built on the principle that one place can be exploited, even destroyed, for the sake of another place. —Wendell Berry Wish to share – A timeless meditation on art [...]
Architecture & Design &Books Entropy | 06 Apr 2010
Oasis of knowledge – Architecture & Arrangement They are places of peacefulness, where books never lose their significance. Libraries and bookshops are at the centre of cultural life. The Livraria da Vila bookshop in Sao Paulo is a contemporary and, in its architectural arrangement, a highly interesting and consistent interpretation of a bookshop. When refurbishing [...]
Books &Music &Photography Entropy | 20 Mar 2010
The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965 From 1957 to 1965 legendary photographer W. Eugene Smith made approximately 4,000 hours of recordings on 1,741 reel-to-reel tapes and nearly 40,000 photographs in a loft building in Manhattan’s wholesale flower district where major jazz musicians of the day [...]