Saturday, June 30, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Random
Just when I need to know the meaning of something it shows up.. sometime ago, it was 'hypoallergenic'on a soap
5/20/07
5/20/07
The upside of Malling....
Good thing about malling(its a valid word) is you know that you already own loafers, bad thing.. that you dont own loafer socks...or toe toppers..or foot liners..
I have presented Jill( I knew her name only after Monica referred to her as Jill. I know Monica's name because I was passed on to her as a hot potato by Jill), a salesperson at Macy's with a genuine problem. Are short pants formal? I explained to Jill that I had wide leg pants my size but they were lacking formal look and I could not go for the narrow formal pants as they were too tall wanting legs.. Jill saw Monica and thought she could help me better with this as she faced a similar problem. Now I can recall Monica's voice and cannot recall how Jill looks cause now too much Monica happened.
I explained the whole problem to Monica again. She got a skirt and said stockings in place should make it or short formal pants look formal. But I thought that was going for a 'shop girl' look and an overdress for an engineering firm and after looking at all the possibilities of dressing - weird and allowed, Monica highly recommended a pair of 40$ long pants with another 15$ for alteration as a good investment. What impressed me was the description of the pants with
I have presented Jill( I knew her name only after Monica referred to her as Jill. I know Monica's name because I was passed on to her as a hot potato by Jill), a salesperson at Macy's with a genuine problem. Are short pants formal? I explained to Jill that I had wide leg pants my size but they were lacking formal look and I could not go for the narrow formal pants as they were too tall wanting legs.. Jill saw Monica and thought she could help me better with this as she faced a similar problem. Now I can recall Monica's voice and cannot recall how Jill looks cause now too much Monica happened.
I explained the whole problem to Monica again. She got a skirt and said stockings in place should make it or short formal pants look formal. But I thought that was going for a 'shop girl' look and an overdress for an engineering firm and after looking at all the possibilities of dressing - weird and allowed, Monica highly recommended a pair of 40$ long pants with another 15$ for alteration as a good investment. What impressed me was the description of the pants with
Senses
When Jack Hitt talks of seeing, he refers to an astronomer who can go into a room after staring at the sky and then return to the sky to tell if there has been any change in the sky. I wondered how good are we at each of our senses. For the smell, I know I am clueless.
When it comes to seeing, looking at this picture, I first saw a ceramic bowl tipped to its side. In 24 picture, I tend to look at the dark part and treat the left eye of the person as the right eye of another, all around looks like the hair lending an ape look.
Recently I surprised myself with my hearing. Before sleeping, I asked my husband 'What is that sound?' we both told each other that it is the AC. In the morning, I found it was the exhaust in the other bathroom. When I am in a room where both the exhaust and light are controlled by the same switch, I hate the noise. But without it, we could forget to switch off the exhaust. In the dark, light travels farther than sound.
When it comes to seeing, looking at this picture, I first saw a ceramic bowl tipped to its side. In 24 picture, I tend to look at the dark part and treat the left eye of the person as the right eye of another, all around looks like the hair lending an ape look.
Recently I surprised myself with my hearing. Before sleeping, I asked my husband 'What is that sound?' we both told each other that it is the AC. In the morning, I found it was the exhaust in the other bathroom. When I am in a room where both the exhaust and light are controlled by the same switch, I hate the noise. But without it, we could forget to switch off the exhaust. In the dark, light travels farther than sound.
Foreign ghost
When I picked the book, I wondered if foreign ghosts will scare us as much. The stories from my childhood Vikram Aur Betaal, repu raa ghost and many stories with evil cats that could not be crushed. Not all ghosts are scary. The Canterville Ghost.
In today's news is the soul of another time marker being replaced.
If The soul of a bell is the story of a child's love for parent, then yesterdays news is of a mothers for her child.
If The soul of a bell is the story of a child's love for parent, then yesterdays news is of a mothers for her child.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Stroop effect
Have you heard of tests where a word - a colour is written in a different colour?
Last weekend we were watching the movie Swades. During the credits, there was a shot where the title of the movie was written in many Indian languages. స్వదేస్ caught my eye as it is in my native language Telugu. But I was confused for a while as it is a Hindi word.
So stroop effect is not just limited to words of colours but words from different languages.
Last weekend we were watching the movie Swades. During the credits, there was a shot where the title of the movie was written in many Indian languages. స్వదేస్ caught my eye as it is in my native language Telugu. But I was confused for a while as it is a Hindi word.
So stroop effect is not just limited to words of colours but words from different languages.
Better picture
A colleague took a wonderful picture in the tricky Antelope Canyon. He explained that he took different photos with different contrasts and merged them for High dynamic range imaging.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Too many before-afters
Author: Rich Roll
When too many things are stuffed into a story, the charm is lost, too many twines to follow.
The book began with the author asking his wife about 'the cleanse'. Before getting athletic the author was an excellent swimmer. In between came alcoholism. Because of these two journeys, it was hard to remain interested in the story, especially when the author can recall the day his tryst with alcohol began. Its the digging stage, so the author goes back to his past, but making them seperate stories but putting them in one book hurt the story.
I went by the book cover. I should have read the blurb.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Objects
Like walking, playing the cello engages just enough of my mind to suppress the internal chatter, leaving me free to imagine. - Tod Machover
Carol Strohecker - knot lady
Froebel gifts
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durable slippers increased the ballerina's potential for athleticism and broadened the range of movement - Eden Medina
Froebel gifts
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durable slippers increased the ballerina's potential for athleticism and broadened the range of movement - Eden Medina
Comfort object - Winnicottian transitional object
Chinese scholar's rocks - for meditation
Moire pattern
Foucault pendulum
sublime in nature, art and politics
Proust, ideas and griefs
Rilke and future
Chinese scholar's rocks - for meditation
Moire pattern
Foucault pendulum
sublime in nature, art and politics
Proust, ideas and griefs
Rilke and future
Monday, June 18, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Author: Tom Rose
"The Arctic had a new and thriving bird: the construction crane."
"Human scent often means a dog's next meal - one way or another."
Friday, June 08, 2012
Art barrage
Looking at these paintings, I am impressed by Alexa Meade that she has done so much work in juts a couple of years. Her artist statement makes me wonder how befitting it is that her inspiration is politician and PR world of putting acceptable faces on display.
Using a medium of painting, her intermediate work an installation, end work a photograph. Her inspiration explains the need for overwhelming use of many mediums. Its like Paula Deen overdoing different successful methods or like fried icecream.
Looking from another point of view she adds 3D to the great length people go for successful masking. It will be interesting to watch her themes. When she meets the end of fake and meets transparent situation, I wonder if she will start photoraphing people by plastic wrapping them.
Using a medium of painting, her intermediate work an installation, end work a photograph. Her inspiration explains the need for overwhelming use of many mediums. Its like Paula Deen overdoing different successful methods or like fried icecream.
Looking from another point of view she adds 3D to the great length people go for successful masking. It will be interesting to watch her themes. When she meets the end of fake and meets transparent situation, I wonder if she will start photoraphing people by plastic wrapping them.
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Modern chemistry
Author: Arundhati Roy
I never got around to reading her popular book. In this book, she shadows the Maoists and gives us a good picture of the government Vs Maoists. Its a volte face when with Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas act or PESA 1996, she shows that its the Maoists who are fighting for whats in the constitution. She makes us understand the motivation of all the parties involved.
I like the way she rewrites some speeches the way she should be if they were to reflect truth. She places the current situation in the context of India's past as well as the current global context. Quickly she brings up readers unaware of the issue to speed.
She calls the the 'people who live with their dreams , while the rest of the world lives with it nightmares'. When she says that Maoists use the road not to walk on them but cross them paints the alternate life from mainstream, a Robinhood style life.
Kondha tribe. The book talks about the amount of digging to be done for a certain amount of Bauxite which will then be converted to Aluminium. There is also an estimate of the residue. I wonder when we were taught the chemistry of Bauxite, why were we not taught the implications of the equations from an ecological point of view.
Sunday, June 03, 2012
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