May 2011
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May 21st
Behind the big business of water - Fortune... →
An article about the book ‘The Big Thirst — The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water’, which is definitely going on my reading list.
May 20th
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A Poem on Lucretian Fluidity
This is a little poem I wrote while reading The Birth of Physics by Michel Serre, whom I will quote soon: Fall, Swerve, Fall, Avoid, Atoms descend in an infinite void. Tangent diverge, tangent depart, What miniscule angles push it apart? Linear Break, Linear Swerve, Maelstrom matter on infinite curve. Turbulence enters, Turbulence reigns, Vortices form where the aggregate deigns. ...
May 19th
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“How may we explain other than through poetry that waters’ sounds are so...”
– Gaston Bachelard, Water and Dreams: An Essay on the Imagination of Matter ; Dallas, Pegasus Foundation, 1983, p. 191.
May 19th
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“Impurity, as far as the unconscious is concerned, is always multiple, always...”
– Gaston Bachelard, Water and Dreams: An Essay on the Imagination of Matter ; Pegasus Foundation, 1983, p. 139.
May 19th
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“Where is reality - in the sky or in the depths of the water? Infinity in our...”
– Gaston Bachelard, Water and Dreams: An Essay on the Imagination of Matter ; Pegasus Foundation, 1983, p. 48.
May 19th
May 19th
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“See how the whirling courses of things hasten away, like streams of water. The...”
– Bernard of Cluny, De Contemptu Mundi, Book 1 (12th c.)
May 18th
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A Descent Into the Maelstrom - Edgar Allan Poe →
May 17th
Pic of the Day: Lenin statue drifts down the... →
May 17th
"Flottille" is a beautiful video of origami... →
May 17th
May 17th
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May 16th
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May 16th
Dr Sarah Jane Pell - Artist Researcher Undersea... →
I’ve been following Dr. Pell’s website for a while, and she has some pretty amazing projects under way.
May 16th
Short Sharp Science: Fossil raindrops reveal early... →
May 16th
River Colours - Bridges Over The River Cam,... →
May 16th
The Tripatorium™ | Ink Water: Alberto Seveso →
Ink suspended in water. Beautiful.
May 16th
WatchWatch
A video that shows something of the imaginative quality of water. I like how, at such a low level of motion, we can see the transparency of the water free of turbulence.
May 16th