segunda-feira, junho 09, 2008

Enjoying my holidays...

On 27th street, next to 10th avenue in NYC, Alex Grey has a permanent exhibition. There is his Hall of sacred mirrors, and some of his best artworks. The mirrors are actually paintings at real size showing the human body in different ways. You can find in each of them an image of yourself. It makes you take consciousness of what you are made of and what is your nature. Is the best exhibition I have ever been to.

Pictures are not allowed inside, so here you can see how it looks like before you get in.



These ones were taken last week in Boston. I already miss my mom!

terça-feira, fevereiro 05, 2008

"Singularity"
This is the term that mathematicians give to a point when an equation breaks down and ceases to have any useful meaning. The rules change. Something completely different happens.
A simple example of a singularity occurs if you try to divide a number by zero. If you divide by smaller and smaller numbers, the results will be larger and larger number. But if you divide a number by zero, you get infinity, which is not a number in the everyday sense. The equation has broken down.
The idea that there might be a singularity in human development was first suggested by mathematician Vernon Vinge and subsequently by others, most notably Ray Kurzweil in his book: The singularity is near.