Kandinsky & Physics

Still trying to find words to help me conceptualize Vasily Kandinsky's paintings. I believe his abstract vision of reality helped physicists conceive of quantum mechanics. I was amazed when I realized his work was a progression from real to abstract.

Early in his career he begins with the familiar portrayal of nature that our senses perceive and gradually moves to the world our senses can never perceive: a vision of the actual world: one which we can never grasp with our senses and can only partially imagine. A world only artists and dreamers can see.

Burn all "holy" books!

Big flutter over burning Korans. I think we should burn all holy books! All the bible, koran, book of mormon, bhagavad gita, etc. have ever done is create divisions among us. We would be healthier and happier without any of them.

Let us seek god, if one exists, in spirit, without books or idols.

What is a Dog?

I didn't understand dogs until I met Lucy. Now I am realizing how complex and beautiful dogs are. They sense human emotion faster than another human can. Their presence can help us heal. Their love for us is steadfast. They are like guardian angels.

What am I?

Doesn't seem possible that I will die. I have been with me so long and I feel real, permanent, enduring. It doesn't seem right that I will disappear forever – I exist right now, I feel so real – just as real as the universe.

How can I feel so real and yet be disappearing, dying? Maybe that's because I AM REAL! Maybe I am the only real thing because I AM NOT A PHYSICAL THING.

Speaking of the physical world Heisenberg said: “There's nothing there.” Whatever I am, I am not physical. I am not matter – I'm pretty sure at this time, that, whatever I am, I am not the stuff my body is made of.*

* I must give Steve Grand credit for my thinking on this concept. I ran across his blog when I was in New Zealand last fall and have followed him ever since.

Is Order a Conserved Quantity?

The Second Law of Thermodynamics implies that the universe moves from an ordered state to disorder: sometimes referred to as the “heat death of the universe" A nuclear physicist (I can't recall his name) once gave a talk about his findings on disordered nuclear states actually being a new form of order and suggested that ordered systems may not deteriorate into disorder but rather change into a different form of order. Could the second law be all wrong and "Order"actually be one of the conserved quantities in nature? That could have implications for the human spirit which seems to me to be a Chaotic "Strange Attractor" and not only an Ordered System but an ultimate "Orderer". Perhaps death is changing ones state of order.

Second Amendment Solutions

The woman who tried to leave Sharon Angle's GOP/Tea Party rally was punched in the face by an angry, male, Angle supporter. This is a preview of what our society will be like if that crowd is given political power. Sharon Angle's call for “Second Amendment Solutions” to our country's problems means armed coercion. These folks who call for freedom from government will be the most repressive leaders once they control government. Those who claim that “government is the problem” quickly prove their point once they become the government.

Christian Right and Al-Qaeda

The far right in the US bears a strong resemblance to Al Qaeda. “Islamo-Fascism” is no worse than Christo-Conservatism. Contrast the Islamic Imam telling young followers that death, in the destruction of America, is holy to that of Beck, Cheney, Limbaugh, Palin, FOX, Coulter etc instilling homicidal hatred of Obama into their followers. Both groups of disciples are often uneducated, both are fed a litany of lies and neither tend to listen to any other sources of information.

The Christian right in the GOP the “Birthers”, and the “Tea Baggers” are encouraging assassination of our president, along with anyone else who doesn’t buy their sick philosophy, as sure as Al-Qaeda is counseling destruction of America. The only differences are that American Christo-Cons carefully conceal their admonitions, so that they won’t be blamed for any carnage, and most don’t have the commitment to do suicidal missions. However both are just as dangerous to America.