Thought of the day

[spudtater]

Today's deep and meaningless thought is on interconnectedness. Every particle in the universe is linked to every other particle, through gravity, electromagnetism and nuclear forces. Disturb any one ⁰, and you change the universe in its entirety. This is not a new idea. The Hindu concept of Indra's net illustrates the idea well; an endless net of threads with a crystal (or pearl) at each intersection. Looking at any one crystal, you see the whole net reflected within it.

This is a lovely page: go read it.
http://fusionanomaly.net/indrasnet.html

⁰ By observing it, for example.

Comments

Images inspired by, or evoking, Indra's Pearls

[(Anonymous)]

I thought I remembered some nice things. Here you are:

http://klein.math.okstate.edu/IndrasPearls/

http://www.josleys.com/kleinianindex.htm

The mathy bit involves hyperbolic geometry and kleinian groups, or just say "symmetry!" and look wise, which is what I do. Nice pictures, anyway.

love,
john (must get a livejournal one of these decades...)

Re: Images inspired by, or evoking, Indra's Pearls

[spudtater.livejournal.com]

Thanks... some nice stuff, especially the ray-traced ones.
Which john are you? I know many johns.

Re: Images inspired by, or evoking, Indra's Pearls

[(Anonymous)]

John Rowland, was at Edinburgh, now at Warwick, probably not going to Durham this saturday because I have a sore throat, but will almost certainly be in Nottingham on Sunday. Definitely not going to Derby, Exeter, Bridlington or Sandwich. Which is a shame, I know a girl in Sandwich. Rat-fancier, if I recall.

Anyway.

Love,
john

Re: Images inspired by, or evoking, Indra's Pearls

[spudtater.livejournal.com]

Ah, that John. Hello!
I really should go to a juggling convention at some point. IIRC, there's going to be a big one in Glasgow soon, isn't there? That would be convenient.
I met a rat-fancier recently. Same one? Who knows?

Re: Images inspired by, or evoking, Indra's Pearls

[(Anonymous)]

Was she called Em and did she work for a large pharmaceutical company?

And how on earth did I manage not to write "...Bridlington, Ham, or Sandwich"? It's only just up the road from Sandwich, after all. Or "Bunny, Sandwich". Or...

Esprit d'escalier: it's a way of life.