week eight

"ordered chaos" sound familiar?:

ordered chaos sounds like life itself. the balance between expansion and contraction, the yin and the yang.  a beautiful, unpredictable, non-linear dance between opposites. making this life the great adventure that it is.

fractals as patterns of complex systems:

fractals represent the ways in which a variety of different inputs, some as small as a thought or feeling, can have great impact on the ever evolving outcome of everything. yes, everything. (we're talking about "systems", but is there anything that doesn't interact with some system?) kinda hard to believe it at first, but the concept is starting to infiltrate mainstream society. and this idea has great potential for refining human existence here on earth. raising consciousness. increasing awareness of the deeply interconnected and dynamic nature of all that is.

consciousness out of chaos?:

"every point in the space-time grid is conscious and the human brain is a neural structure permeated by these units. or...'consciousness is an active force that we can exercise in the universe and not simply a passive perception of that same universe.'" and this is coming from physicists now, not new age gurus in comfortable, pastel-colored clothing. anyway, i hope the physicists get to wear comfortable clothing too. just maybe not pastel...

chaos theory really addresses the wholeness of our existence. the oneness which we are. and given this vantage point, its easy to see how greater consciousness is not only something we are a part of, but something we interact with, which interacts with us. 

sooo, for a "cool experiment", i'm sending love and light to each member of this class right now, and envisioning a highly connected, lively, activating and enjoyable class this evening. (even though i'm super tired!) we'll see how it goes. if you happen to read this, you can join in the experiment too! 

"cool experiment" (#2):

i tried some of the low materials experiments. fun little stuff. i liked the scotch tape static charge one, where the two tapes did funny things to avoid each other, but were each very attracted to the ends of my other fingers. my monitor must not give off much charge, because it didn't affect them.