On the sliding scale of time that gradiently builds and ebbs and recedes I am perpetually being re-context-ed and being iteratively re-inserted into particular frames of reference and spheres of existence. I am simultaneously (at… Read More
Part of my portfolio includes this project called Weaving Narratives: Possessions = Autobiographies, it is an exploration into how any ad hoc grouping of objects has some kind of inherent narrative, albeit a… Read More
So I am not sure why this happened, but it did: Last week I was introducing myself to the class I am TA-ing this semester and after I listed my academic qualifications I… Read More
When a specialist tries to talk about their specialist view of the world with a non-specialist it rarely ever goes smoothly. In fact, usually, the specialist either talks at too specific a level… Read More
[NB: I have told this story before, but this time I have a better understanding that I think is worth sharing.] I had an experience a few years ago, a woman stood in… Read More
I have a new link in my sidebar and I wanted to tell you a little about it. One of my three favorite poets is Conrad Aiken, a sincere and highly lucid poet… Read More
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I checked my email this morning and received a message telling me that my recently distributed paper “Figure-Ground Organization in Attention and Construal” made it on a top ten list for downloads yesterday… Read More
I have been laughing to myself each time that I go into the dashboard for this blog because I am noticing some fantastic trends. Over this past week the viewing patterns for particular… Read More
I wanted to share this recipe that I got from my great-grandmother (from Zagreb, Republic of Croatia)…I grew up eating this deliciousness and consequently I have become a smart scientist. http://ryandewey.org/unfold_8.html Do you… Read More
I am going through the planning process for blog posts for 2011 and as a foreshadowing to a couple of guest posts (one on astrosociology and another on the singularity) I thought I… Read More
First of all, this is not a critical interpretation of this film, it is not a hermeneutical analysis of the form of this script, I am merely using a snippet of discourse in… Read More
ugh. This makes my heart hurt because I wish I could have been there. This is a fine French thing to do… seeing Thomas Mars perform reminds me of the French Fauvist painter… Read More
I am rereading a book that I have been rereading on a consistent basis for the last twelve years, this time I am thinking more about consciousness than I have in previous readings;… Read More
When I saw this I was so happy that I cried a little.
This is part two of Cognitive Mindfulness #9, and continues the Evans & Green passage. “The difference between the domains of TIME and SPACE is that while TIME has the property of progression,… Read More
I just posted a free download of an excerpt of my semiotics project which will be available as a paperback in September. I encourage you to check it out and let me know… Read More
anyone who has a story to tell me. anyone who can see that they belong to numerous multidimensional plot lines. anyone who can see that they relate to society to solidify current culture.… Read More
Take this advice from Jack London: “When a man journeys into a far country, he must be prepared to forget many of the things he has learned, and to acquire such customs as… Read More
So today was my birthday. I received this text message from my sister-in-law’s boyfriend: “Upon quoting Homer’s famous Illiad, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ended his rule by plunging a dagger into his… Read More
I recently found this note that I wrote to myself: “Teaching a conversation class taught me that I don’t know how to carry on a conversation myself.” For a few months in my… Read More
Anyone who speaks a language without an alphabet. Anyone who does not have electricity. Anyone who lives outside the usefulness of cash. Anyone who lets things decay which cannot be repaired. Anyone who… Read More
