convergent

emergence

on the wiki

 

here we go

 

 

lots of convergence emerging.

 

 

Aldous Huxley

 

The Doors of Perception

 

Heaven and Hell

 

Mind at Large

 

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Emergence and Mastery of Mind

 

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My father explained to me that his idea of composition is a flower garden (which is his favorite activity to do).  He uses plants that are small and big, short and tall,  different colors, and different species of flowers that bloom at different times of the year. - Kelly

 

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N*A*T*U*R*E -

(Natural and Transcendental Universal Reality Exploration)

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All possible angles viewed, geometrically and simultaneously as well 

May alter your perception, 

About time/space

Conforming; all form to one, as one is all!

- Kori Ramos

 

Kori writes, "What if on the complete opposite end of the spectrum, something so large existed amongst us, parallel to us or even a being walking on a cosmic ground (size and space incomprehensible) with our solar system and galaxy stuck in his/her finger nail!!!! Or for a more comprhensive definition check out this .....  [HereWords, and language, are really amazing things.  Words are at the same time utterly arbitrary, circular (see Watts quote), and stupendously awesome.  We all know that words are not the things that they represent.  To borrow another idea from Watts, the word water cannot quench our thirst, and a menu cannot satisfy our hunger.  The only thing that matters in defining words is that we all agree what a word's definition is.  To effectively communicate ideas it is imperative that when I use a word, you know what I mean by it.  If you say to me, "I'm trying to get rid of my ego," do you mean that you feel you are arrogant and you are trying to be more humble?  Or, do you mean that you realize that your social identity is just a made-up story that you are trying to break your attachment to?  A story made-up of words that are as much you as the word water is the actual substance we identify with that word?  If we go on the assumption that we are understanding a word in exactly the same way, we are going to wind up with a lot of misunderstandings and ill-informed conclusions.  I think the purpose of definition has to be to narrow down exactly what we mean by a word and to make sure that the people involved in the discussion of any idea are on the same page as to what is meant by a given word.  This involves often asking, "what exactly do you mean when you say..."

 

 

The "Now" is constantly updating! Are you?

"The only way to make sense out of change is

to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance"

- Alan Watts

 

 

              . . . AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY "DIFFERENT"

 

 

I can't watch cartoons. I can't. I watched Alice in Wonderland and hid under the chair when I was a kid. I couldn't stand it. And I still don't. They just make me so nervous. - Susan

 

When I hear the term narrative, I tend to reflect back on my childhood and remember the cartoon mickey's christmas carol, because it was told in a narrative format and it was my favorite movie! - Kelly

 

mickey's christmas carol - a remix of the dickens classic

 

mickey himself is a remix

 

 

Lessig uses the example of "Steamboat Mickey  to illustrate the way Disney's artists repurposed archetypes and narratives already circulating freely in culture."

 

Speakers and writers have always used and re-used commonplace and available rhetorical forms to alter the consciousness of listeners and readers. Branding today repetitiously uses language and images to brand itself upon our attention. The case of Pepsi and the Yin Yang symbol shows that these branding strategies very likely draw on common forms humans have long used to attract and re-direct attention. For example:

 

 

In 2003, the University of South Florida's athletic department switched to a new \"Iconic Bull\" logo

 

Jesse's note:  I'm still trying to warm up to the whole "Bulls"  thing... I think I'm getting there....

 

The swastika, an equilateral geometric figure, has been sampled and remixed--by diverse cultures, for diverse purposes--since the Neolithic age. However, this icosagon, which can take on different meanings according to simple rotations (in Hindu culture, right-facing can mean "evolutionary" whereas left-facing can mean "involutionary") became taboo in the West after it was infamously appropriated by Germany's Nazi Party.

 

Archetypes and tropes

as mediators

between readers and writers.

 

Here's another example of an archetype/image repurposed/sampled/remixed used to brand itself upon our attention.

 

 

 

 

And no one seems to recognize the symbols come to life

The bitten apple on the screen and Jesus had a wife

And she was his Messiah like that stranger may be yours

Who holds a subtle knife that carves through worlds like magic doors
-- Talk to Strangers

 

 

 

 

 

Ach jungen what a scene is here... the apes are moulting fur steaming off them females whimpering and slobbering over dying males like cows with aftosa and so a stink musky sweet rotten metal stink of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden.... - Burroughs:  Electronic Revolution

I came across Trish's page and I just had to talk about the iPhone. I honestly think that the iPhone is one of the greatest inventions ever made! I mean come on you can download games, music, movies and apps right to your phone. I have only had my phone for about two weeks and I will never get another phone.- N8

 

Let's take my iPhone, for instance. I have a new, snazzy, Apple iPhone 3G, which allows me to check the weather, pull up all my contacts, listen to my favorite tunes and map a route to my destination.  Oh, yeah! It allows me to make calls or text all my friends, aquaintances, businesses and family members. This compact, sleek, hand held device has brought together everything my heart desires. Most of you probably can't remember the old "rotary-dial" telephone or having to dial zero and talk to an operator to complete a long-distance call.  But, I remember. When I hold and use this miracle of converging techologies, I'm surprised by its' applications! I wonder what new, astounding features will come next? No telling! - Trish

 

 

[The rotary iPhone application]

 

Convergence

Globalization???

 

 

 

“What happens when the movement of people, goods, or ideas among countries or regions accelerates”. The new millennium is defined by globalization in every possible field and sphere, starting from health issues, viruses, free trade, population growth and migration, poverty and social justice and of course the cultural and educational transformations.

Julia Kristeva(1991) “globalization makes us all into dislocated immigrants, just as it makes us all feel a bit like “strangers to ourselves”.

The new technology generates images and life style that is very powerful and tempting to the youth all over the world: watch the same movies, listen to the same pop music, visit the same Internet sites, play the same video games, desire the same “cool” brand cloths. Media technologies are leading inevitably to more homogeneous world culture. Even the most prominent diversities are starting to fade and blend. In the new millennium the humans have to search and find their new identity, different from the previous generation./Valentina/