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When traveling at the speed of delight children have been known to go from fear to anticipation in well under 2 seconds.
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In contrast to yesterday's post, the glass disks appear almost serene here ..., a good match for the following music.
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The above image started out as a photo of 16 frosted-glass disks (about 2 inches in diameter) in a 4x4 grid (which is still partially visible). All of the colors and patterns emerged as a result of repeatedly adding Photoshop adjustment layers and filters. None of these added color to the image; they intensify (and sometimes shift) the colors that are hidden there. Even though I've done this enough to know what to expect it still surprises me when I see how many differences there are in each of the disks. They don't look that different at all to the naked eye (see yesterday's post for a more accurate idea of what the disks actually look like).
The following music is, and yet isn't, by David Cope of U.C. Santa Cruz. It was composed by what he affectionately refers to as Emmy (E.M.I., Experiments in Musical Intelligence), software he has worked on for decades. It analyzes the music of a composer and then, using random variations and combinations, composes new works that (statistically) match the style of the analyzed composer. One may be excused for imagining the reults must sound rather odd or somehow machine-like. Nothing could be further from the truth, though.
I find my reaction to this is conflicted at best. At first there is a "wow, that's cool and surprisng" feeling but that is immediately followed by a vague depression. Regardless, it is beautiful music and there's more.
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The following music and lyrics are really quite beautiful. You'll be glad you listened to it all the way through.
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It's a little hard to get the feel of this diptych from a small web image. As intended, this would be printed on metallic paper at a minimum size of 44x16 inches.
Image © 2009, Paul Pomeroy. I acquired these many years ago at a salvage yard. As I recall they were supposed to be for the mirror assemblies in the periscopes used in tanks. Apparently there was some problem with them (probably not the right size) and so they ended up in salvage and I got them for a couple of dollars for a box of 50. I started playing around with them the other day and am finally getting a feel for how I can photograph them and also how their image responds to different Photoshop techniques. For example, to the naked eye they don't appear anywhere near as dirty and discolored as they do in this photograph.
The following music is quite appropriate to the photograph with its repeated elements combining to make something "more." In it the composer has taken the same melody line and, using it over and over again on top of itself, arrives at an amazing 8-part harmony (at least I think that's 8-part harmony).
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Before dismissing this as all so much silliness, consider Robert Wright's op-ed piece in yesterday's NY Times, A Grand Bargain Over Evolution.
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... and a little toe-tapping music for the highly caffeinated lifestyle:
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This is all the result of too much junk food, I'm sure ...
As I mentioned yesterday, my granddaughter and I have been taking photos of her little animal toys. I took yesterday's photo. Today I'd like to share with you two of Katelyn's. I did the post-processing in Photoshop but that's all. She held the camera, composed the shot and clicked the shutter.
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