It is about 5:30 AM Eastern Daylight Savings Time here in Knoxville, Tennessee, on a mild Sunday morning. The day after Halloween. All but my personal ghosts have disappeared into their snug little homes. I have received a message from you at my dlinwood@bellsouth.net e-mail address that seems to me somewhat vague and unfocussed.
There are several women on Ning that I communicate with. Nora Miller is a friend. I haven't communicated with her for a while -- but I believe you know her name.
Are you referring to Yocheved Menashe who lives in Jerusalem, Israel? I have befriended this lovely person and sent her a copy of Volume I of my trilogy--in--progress:
"Hannah and Miriam".
I like your numerous images that you entertain us with. You seem to function as a person with a rather artistic visual perspective. Do you practice the tactile arts as well?
Are you a sculptor with more than light?
Have I answered your questions? If not, keep asking. I may eventually understand to whom or what you refer.
"I am an old man, in a dry month, being read to by a boy" (T.S. Eliot)
I have to admit I don't know what the consequences of accepting a "friend request" are, but I accepted it anyway :o).
I think General Semantics would be called "Allgemeine Semantik" in German - which is a straightforward translation.
Some years ago I searched for german organizations and german books on General Semantics. I found no organizations and only two books. I tried to read one of them and ... let's just say I found it unsatisfying.
The next I read about was the ESGS homepage.
The last entry on the site was an announcement for a workshop which was more than a six months old.
Searching further I finally found the ISGS and contacted Steve to make sure I knew enough to attend a summer workshop at Alverno College. At this time I had read "only" 60-80% of S&S and I definitely did not know what level of knowledge the workshop presumed.
Despite the fact that the concepts of S&S seemed very familiar at that time my understanding was (and is?!) not deep enough to discuss them with my friends.
Therefore I embraced the possibility to travel to Milwaukee to meet with more experiences people. Two more workshops followed.
After buying S&S at amazon and finding the IGS-website I stopped looking for german organizations and book, i.e. I
do not know if there exists a german GS-organization today.
To make a long reply even longer, I answer a question you didn't ask - at least not explicitely. I hate filling out forms, especially if they contain "freetext" fields.
Yes, I could write something like "Hi, my name is Arno, I am 46 years old (June 2008). I live a city called Aachen in Germany.
After studying Mathematics I worked at a life insurance company for 6 years, studied again (Operations Research) work in Data Mining and now have a job as a kind of technical project manager), .... and so on and so on.
This is all true, but that's not (and can't be!) me.
Usually one of the first reactions is "uuh, mathematics" :o)
Knowing my "background" might help people interpret some of my comments - but then they might just think they understand.
Sure, I can't stop anybody from projecting his "history" on me.
And I cannot not comunicate (even saying nothing can be interpreted). But at least I can try to have a "clean" start.
The last part sounds a little bit strange after reading.
Maybe I got carried away a little bit :o)
So, back to the "facts": I dont like writing...
A bientot,
Arno
P.S. Thanks for the image.
P.S.S. I still have to practice with this website... I just sent a comment to myself ::o)
Luc, thanks very much for your nice comments. I especially appreciate that you like the little graphics on my ThisIsNotThat.com website. I purchased the rights to these in 2002 and I've found them to be very useful and evocative.
Since you mentioned teaching and in particular young students, I will say that one of my motivations for developing this social network and my website is to provide as many resources and materials as possible for teachers.
Certainly, I hope you will help spread awareness of these resources to others that you know in France and anywhere. I think it's incredible that just in a couple of weeks and with just a few people, we have already engaged residents of 4 continents with you in France, Laura in Argentina, Yosheved in Israel, and those of us in the US. So please invite your friends and associates in France.
Thanks for your comment. I feel personaly extremely fond of minimalist (or "repetitive") movements. If you want to see videos of Yann TIERSEN, I like this page (esp. the two bottom thumbnails pointing towards "live" events > http://www.labels.tm.fr/fr/labelstv.asp?artiste=YANN%20TIERSEN
Another page you can have a look at (and listen to his last music) is located there > http://www.myspace.com/yanntierseninprogress
What I read in your message about freedom in music reminds me of a provocative ocular band called "The Residents" as they've made an album exclusively with children's toys...(called "Diskomo" apparently).
... I hope I'm not disturbing you with the references and links I give.
I think the tremendous development of the use of computers by more and more people all over the planet can evoke a real mental plague for certain aspects but can as well bring people closer (like here hopefully). So many things depend on the use(s) we can find for them. I feel concerned by the way a task can be achieved and not only by the task itself.
Anyway, I can say I enjoy "speaking" with you all (until now ;-)
I figured out from previous exchanges on several yahoo groups that people work better if they know each other better so I consider that speaking freely of ourselves makes a relevant start. (even with my Moliere's english...)
Bonjour Luc. I much appreciate the Yann Tiersen piece. His soundtrack for the film "Amelie Poulain" figures as one of my top five favorites of all time. My current partner spent a decade or so in NYC in the 70s involved in the minimalist "movement". He has more or less completely restructured my understanding and appreciation of sound and music. From him I learned to hear things like Tiersen's toy piano with a fresh ear so to speak. I especially like the unexpectedness and the exuberance of the way he pulls sounds from whatever source he finds of interest without concern for "appropriateness." It makes the whole score vibrant and perfectly insouciant, just like Amelie. Thanks for reminding me of this.
Luc,
I doubt if a machine could read such an abstract piece as this was. I didn't modify the image except to take out the printing of the receipt and 'fill in' the blank spaces with the same color background. I used the editor in ACDsee, my favorite photo program. (enclosed the original......my friend found on the ground while we were out skiing.....he almost used it to start a fire with, until he looked at it closer......then we got into the fun of gazing at it this way and that......and so it went and so it goes!
Yes, it could be used like a Rorscharch test....but I wouldn't presume to understand what another person would or could project into it. (I was trained as a clinical psychologist in the 60's, and trained to 'interpret' Rorscharch cards as well.....but I've long since retired and could care less!.....this was just a fun project for me to get into........without all the psychological mumbo jumbo that could be attached!
Nice music! I love it, thanks for sharing.
Also of note. when I was a 'wee lad', I lived in La Fere. My dad was stationed at Laon Air Force Base. We lived there and in another town nearby from 1952 to 1955. I have many pleasant memories from living in the country and playing with the local Les Enfants!
BFree
Sayanara, B free
(for a long second, I thought "BFree" was your moto-signature.)
I like a lot the piece you've sent, especially that when I was studying fine art +- 20 years ago, I was very interested by stains and all sort of marks, which any human viewer naturally tends to interpret and "transcend" as something else (very far away from a mere stain of ink) Hermann Rorschach used this tendancy for psychiatric purposes ( ~ test) . I call this attitude: a natural human greed for stories. (stories in the widest sense <> organizing representation)
"Is" it a head (facing left) you thought I could see?
It makes me think of the system used to avoid dishonest subscriptions on the net which are designed so that a scan-machine cannot read it. Do you know if a machine can read that kind of picture as a face..... yet? Any researchers studying that?
I suppose I could launch a topic on this forum to do with something around that "visual identification" process and when it can lead to evaluation errors.
Last thing, does anybody know if there's a possibility to enlarge this writing box. I have the feeling I' writing on a stamp... Are the caracters limited?
I'll put some pictures of mine later.
Bye for now ... have a good day!
OH......sorry, the photo is titled: "Burnt offering",,,,detail from a piece of receipt found in the Nevada Mountains while skiing with a friend last weekend.
BFree
Luc,
"Happy Hour" describes an 'American tradition' whereby folks get together after work for a few drinks at a local bar.......most commonly achieved on a Friday......but expanded as needed to other daze......days!
I enjoy Peter Gabriel as well and have several of his works.
BFree
If this works, what does the image below suggest to you?
I have played the lovely song you posted. The title means: A Circular Nothingness ??? My ability to read mathematics written in German is not very helpful here.
Thanks for taking time to give your explanation. I appreciate that my first exchange here speaks about such a cultural behavior!
I'm discovering this ning social network and don't feel at ease with it yet.
Bye for now!
"Happy Hour" refers to the somewhat indeterminate time in late afternoon and evening when people done with work for the day go to a bar to get drunk before they go home.
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It is about 5:30 AM Eastern Daylight Savings Time here in Knoxville, Tennessee, on a mild Sunday morning. The day after Halloween. All but my personal ghosts have disappeared into their snug little homes. I have received a message from you at my dlinwood@bellsouth.net e-mail address that seems to me somewhat vague and unfocussed.
There are several women on Ning that I communicate with. Nora Miller is a friend. I haven't communicated with her for a while -- but I believe you know her name.
Are you referring to Yocheved Menashe who lives in Jerusalem, Israel? I have befriended this lovely person and sent her a copy of Volume I of my trilogy--in--progress:
"Hannah and Miriam".
I like your numerous images that you entertain us with. You seem to function as a person with a rather artistic visual perspective. Do you practice the tactile arts as well?
Are you a sculptor with more than light?
Have I answered your questions? If not, keep asking. I may eventually understand to whom or what you refer.
"I am an old man, in a dry month, being read to by a boy" (T.S. Eliot)
Regards, David
I have to admit I don't know what the consequences of accepting a "friend request" are, but I accepted it anyway :o).
I think General Semantics would be called "Allgemeine Semantik" in German - which is a straightforward translation.
Some years ago I searched for german organizations and german books on General Semantics. I found no organizations and only two books. I tried to read one of them and ... let's just say I found it unsatisfying.
The next I read about was the ESGS homepage.
The last entry on the site was an announcement for a workshop which was more than a six months old.
Searching further I finally found the ISGS and contacted Steve to make sure I knew enough to attend a summer workshop at Alverno College. At this time I had read "only" 60-80% of S&S and I definitely did not know what level of knowledge the workshop presumed.
Despite the fact that the concepts of S&S seemed very familiar at that time my understanding was (and is?!) not deep enough to discuss them with my friends.
Therefore I embraced the possibility to travel to Milwaukee to meet with more experiences people. Two more workshops followed.
After buying S&S at amazon and finding the IGS-website I stopped looking for german organizations and book, i.e. I
do not know if there exists a german GS-organization today.
To make a long reply even longer, I answer a question you didn't ask - at least not explicitely. I hate filling out forms, especially if they contain "freetext" fields.
Yes, I could write something like "Hi, my name is Arno, I am 46 years old (June 2008). I live a city called Aachen in Germany.
After studying Mathematics I worked at a life insurance company for 6 years, studied again (Operations Research) work in Data Mining and now have a job as a kind of technical project manager), .... and so on and so on.
This is all true, but that's not (and can't be!) me.
Usually one of the first reactions is "uuh, mathematics" :o)
Knowing my "background" might help people interpret some of my comments - but then they might just think they understand.
Sure, I can't stop anybody from projecting his "history" on me.
And I cannot not comunicate (even saying nothing can be interpreted). But at least I can try to have a "clean" start.
The last part sounds a little bit strange after reading.
Maybe I got carried away a little bit :o)
So, back to the "facts": I dont like writing...
A bientot,
Arno
P.S. Thanks for the image.
P.S.S. I still have to practice with this website... I just sent a comment to myself ::o)
thanks for the welcome.
I think I sometimes apply minimalism in my life,
i.e. I don't do more than is REALLY necessary.
But I didn't know it also is a form of art :o)
Maybe you can give me some examples beside
my profile on thisisnotthat.ning.com.
I don't like answering standard phrases.
Especially when I am not sure who reads them.
But if you have any questions, please ask me
directly.
Greetings,
Arno
Since you mentioned teaching and in particular young students, I will say that one of my motivations for developing this social network and my website is to provide as many resources and materials as possible for teachers.
Certainly, I hope you will help spread awareness of these resources to others that you know in France and anywhere. I think it's incredible that just in a couple of weeks and with just a few people, we have already engaged residents of 4 continents with you in France, Laura in Argentina, Yosheved in Israel, and those of us in the US. So please invite your friends and associates in France.
Best regards,
Steve
Thanks for your comment. I feel personaly extremely fond of minimalist (or "repetitive") movements. If you want to see videos of Yann TIERSEN, I like this page (esp. the two bottom thumbnails pointing towards "live" events >
http://www.labels.tm.fr/fr/labelstv.asp?artiste=YANN%20TIERSEN
Another page you can have a look at (and listen to his last music) is located there >
http://www.myspace.com/yanntierseninprogress
What I read in your message about freedom in music reminds me of a provocative ocular band called "The Residents" as they've made an album exclusively with children's toys...(called "Diskomo" apparently).
... I hope I'm not disturbing you with the references and links I give.
I think the tremendous development of the use of computers by more and more people all over the planet can evoke a real mental plague for certain aspects but can as well bring people closer (like here hopefully). So many things depend on the use(s) we can find for them. I feel concerned by the way a task can be achieved and not only by the task itself.
Anyway, I can say I enjoy "speaking" with you all (until now ;-)
I figured out from previous exchanges on several yahoo groups that people work better if they know each other better so I consider that speaking freely of ourselves makes a relevant start. (even with my Moliere's english...)
¡adiós!
I doubt if a machine could read such an abstract piece as this was. I didn't modify the image except to take out the printing of the receipt and 'fill in' the blank spaces with the same color background. I used the editor in ACDsee, my favorite photo program. (enclosed the original......my friend found on the ground while we were out skiing.....he almost used it to start a fire with, until he looked at it closer......then we got into the fun of gazing at it this way and that......and so it went and so it goes!
Yes, it could be used like a Rorscharch test....but I wouldn't presume to understand what another person would or could project into it. (I was trained as a clinical psychologist in the 60's, and trained to 'interpret' Rorscharch cards as well.....but I've long since retired and could care less!.....this was just a fun project for me to get into........without all the psychological mumbo jumbo that could be attached!
Nice music! I love it, thanks for sharing.Also of note. when I was a 'wee lad', I lived in La Fere. My dad was stationed at Laon Air Force Base. We lived there and in another town nearby from 1952 to 1955. I have many pleasant memories from living in the country and playing with the local Les Enfants!
BFree
(for a long second, I thought "BFree" was your moto-signature.)
I like a lot the piece you've sent, especially that when I was studying fine art +- 20 years ago, I was very interested by stains and all sort of marks, which any human viewer naturally tends to interpret and "transcend" as something else (very far away from a mere stain of ink) Hermann Rorschach used this tendancy for psychiatric purposes ( ~ test) . I call this attitude: a natural human greed for stories. (stories in the widest sense <> organizing representation)
"Is" it a head (facing left) you thought I could see?
It makes me think of the system used to avoid dishonest subscriptions on the net which are designed so that a scan-machine cannot read it. Do you know if a machine can read that kind of picture as a face..... yet? Any researchers studying that?
I suppose I could launch a topic on this forum to do with something around that "visual identification" process and when it can lead to evaluation errors.
Last thing, does anybody know if there's a possibility to enlarge this writing box. I have the feeling I' writing on a stamp... Are the caracters limited?
I'll put some pictures of mine later.
Bye for now ... have a good day!
BFree
"Happy Hour" describes an 'American tradition' whereby folks get together after work for a few drinks at a local bar.......most commonly achieved on a Friday......but expanded as needed to other daze......days!
I enjoy Peter Gabriel as well and have several of his works.
BFree
If this works, what does the image below suggest to you?
I have played the lovely song you posted. The title means: A Circular Nothingness ??? My ability to read mathematics written in German is not very helpful here.
Thank you,
David
Thanks for taking time to give your explanation. I appreciate that my first exchange here speaks about such a cultural behavior!
I'm discovering this ning social network and don't feel at ease with it yet.
Bye for now!
Welcome.
"Happy Hour" refers to the somewhat indeterminate time in late afternoon and evening when people done with work for the day go to a bar to get drunk before they go home.
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