"And, of course, there's the possibility that fire is the simplest form of life. It moves, it consumes, it respires, it leaves waste (ash) and, if you look at sparks as spores, it reproduces. Thus the stories of Djinn being made of fire isn't all that much of a stretch if fire itself is the simplest form of life, why couldn't there be more complex forms based ON it? "- Pat
Ineresting concept! Perhaps it did, in fact, give birth to much of our modern machine "life forms"! It would be a great new topic. Think Matrix! On Mar 3, 7:45 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3 Mar, 00:48, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yep, fire is the thing for me. It has been around for thousands of > > years, possibly before our time here and has remained the same since > > our primordial beginnings. When I sit around a fire I realize that it > > is the same fire that our ancient ancestors sat around. > > And, of course, there's the possibility that fire is the simplest form > of life. It moves, it consumes, it respires, it leaves waste (ash) > and, if you look at sparks as spores, it reproduces. Thus the stories > of Djinn being made of fire isn't all that much of a stretch if fire > itself is the simplest form of life, why couldn't there be more > complex forms based ON it? > > > > >We've > > advanced and yet we haven't. The earth remains the same, the stars, > > the cosmos, the solar system and all the events. We are just fools > > without regard for what is more powerful than us. So your clothes are > > dark and worn out and your not the fashion aficionado. That's why the > > young chicks don't dig you man, your passe, out dated like some of the > > stuff in your fridge. Time to throw out those rags and get you some > > snappy duds. Stop being a pathetic neutralist and watch your life > > change before your eyes. I think color has healing power. > > > On Mar 2, 10:54 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I had forgotten fires Slipper. Do you start many? > > > > I often think TJ Hooker symbolises much that has really happened in > > > regard of gender relations - well not really, but I just caught 30 > > > seconds of it switching through to the news channel. > > > > The universe is beige. This makes me suspect some property speculator > > > has painted it 'neutral' for a ready sale. There is splendour in > > > colour once one is outside the media flow, maybe even on the Steiner > > > fringe. Some animals are sensitive to a far greater range of colour > > > reception-creation than we are. West Germany was the bundes republic > > > - their adverts are even worse than ours. One can find more colour in > > > a black and white page than in that blared at us in 'primary vision'. > > > Colour tends to disappear in night time sniping vision. Hard to go > > > back to black and white tv after a colour one, but as the Goons said, > > > you can't do a flock of flying elephants dropping raspberries from > > > 30,000 feet into bowls of whipped cream other than on the radio. Much > > > more colourful. > > > > Most of my clothes are dark, old and worn out. I just don't care. > > > Colours are more likely to upset me than interest me (outside the lab) > > > - so I guess I'm a pathetic neutralist. Next couple of hours will be > > > spent breaking in new shoes. I had a grey pair once - that was > > > metrosexual enough for me! > > > > On 2 Mar, 15:29, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Interesting. I don't get much, if any, pleasure from colors. Indeed, > > > > your mentioning of the shape of a woman's behind was revealing. > > > > Watching as she walks away from me in heels reminds me of how much I > > > > love old black and white movies. The way women dressed and walked and > > > > vamped on the silver screen was awesome to behold. Some of the sexy > > > > clothes business women wear now does the same thing and most business > > > > wear is black or gray or white anyway. Can't get much blander then > > > > that. It's all in how it hugs the curves, ain't it? > > > > > Ever see one of the 'colorized' b&w movies? Horrid. Turner deserved > > > > the AOL disaster just for doing that. And marrying Hanoi Jane. How > > > > can someone so smart be so dumb? > > > > > dj > > > > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > How pleasurable is it? Unfortunately with equal pleasure I will have > > > > > to point out that you are wrong. You see the sentence > > > > > reads ...............there has been assignments of color throughout > > > > > the years.......... and this is true as stated, the assignments of > > > > > colors with the added element of "time". I would think post 1920's > > > > > fits into the realm of "throughout the years". Therefore to indicate > > > > > that blue and pink were assigned to boys and girls respectively is > > > > > correct during the era they were in actual use. Furthermore your > > > > > "colored" glasses might have caused a visual refraction resulting in > > > > > an ophthalmic anomaly whereby you missed the admission that I 'knew > > > > > there were exceptions', one of which you were so gracious to point > > > > > out. A little bit of a tid bit might also show that the one sentence > > > > > was not and is not the foundation of the thread post, ergo: your own > > > > > house of cards has collapsed. > > > > > But don't worry mate, it looks like you have dug yourself out of the > > > > > rubble. Now to get on with color induced pleasures, I don't get any > > > > > anatomical tingle from color but I wouldn't discount it as a viable > > > > > occurrence and cognate feature. I think the sensations derived by the > > > > > visual of the female posterior would be the same whether it was > > > > > appearing in black and white or in vivid technicolor. I do > > > > > tremendously enjoy watching a fire and when I have one going on in my > > > > > backyard fire pit I sometimes become mesmerized by it; something about > > > > > the richness in the colors of flame and the extreme depth of the > > > > > glowing embers, almost as if it were alive. I'm also affected by the > > > > > colors in the forest and at places such as the Grand Canyon, a sight > > > > > to see by the way if you ever get the opportunity. Nature offers the > > > > > best colors in the world. > > > > > I would agree, as you say, color is an accepted method of making > > > > > statement and used very blatantly in advertising. I neither have a > > > > > pink shirt or any other wardrobe piece and wouldn't consider driving > > > > > or owning anything pink but my wife insists that I should get a pink > > > > > shirt. She makes a point of it to draw my attention to men on > > > > > television that are wearing a pink shirt or tie and stating that it is > > > > > the new thing for men followed by my retort of not caring about things > > > > > pushed on society by media offerings. If they were to start wearing > > > > > glasses with flowers on them that's their business. I personally view > > > > > all that as a media push to generalize sexual orientation, an > > > > > extension of the unisex movement of past notoriety and the feminist > > > > > agenda of breaking down the long held position of machismo, I don't > > > > > see it happening anytime soon except on a small scale, in microcosmic > > > > > cultural forms > > > > > . > > > > > I might point out, though I thought you would have saved me the time, > > > > > that there has been research on color. > > > > > >http://www.colormatters.com/khouw.html > > > > > >http://www.colormatters.com/brain.html > > > > > > Color has significance in culture, symbolism and emotion. This is > > > > > what the thread poses to address. > > > > > > Understanding Color Emotion Triggers, Part 1A > > > > >http://www.basictips.com/understanding-color-emotion-triggers-part-1a... > > > > > > Therapy? > > > > >http://www.therapycolor.com/ > > > > > > On Mar 2, 12:10 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> What a pleasure it is to state once more that you are wrong Slip! > > > > >> Armed with academic research of the highest calibre (watching a BBC > > > > >> comedy programme called QI) I am able to destroy what you had thought > > > > >> work of substance. It turns out the word 'boy' did not exist in > > > > >> English as a term for children of the male gender until recent times. > > > > >> 'Boys' were knaves and 'girls' gay-knaves. Pink was the colour for > > > > >> 'boys' and blue for 'girls', perhaps as late as the 1920's. Once > > > > >> again you have built a house of cards! > > > > >> There was a time, as a broke undergraduate, that I could be found on > > > > >> the streets of Salford, asking people what part of their sexual > > > > >> anatomy certain colours brought to mind (or was it the other way > > > > >> round?) for some dire marketing outfit. I somehow survived. French > > > > >> rugby union teams are known to wear pink. > > > > > >> The colours I really like and remember are those that identify the > > > > >> presence of certain elements in a bunsen burner flame. The rest is > > > > >> all curtains and stuff of no interest to any red-bloodied man. My > > > > >> brother is colour blind and gets along rather better than me. I have > > > > >> noticed all sorts of vile colours are associated with advertising and > > > > >> day-time television. Primary puke perhaps? I do grow odd coloured > > > > >> veggies because Sue likes them (purple sprouts, yellow cucumber > > > > >> etc.). Rather as in people I don't care what colour anything is, > > > > >> unless the colour means something (like rotten, brown meat). I don't > > > > >> drive a pink car though and have never owned a pink shirt. > > > > > >> What's with you coming all over sensitive like? Thinking of a 'new > > > > >> man strategy' to get laid, going metrosexual? What colour are you > > > > >> now! LOL! > > > > > >> On 2 Mar, 01:40, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> > One of the greatest things in life is color and the ability to see > > > > >> > it. The flowers, the sky, the rivers and the mountains, skin > > > > >> > tones, > > > > >> > hair and the color of the moon. Everything has color and even > > > > >> > black > > > > >> > and white is color. > > > > > >> > But color has meaning beyond it's basic hue and so what does color > > > > >> > mean to you. > > > > > >> > Obviously there has been assignments of color throughout the years, > > > > >> > pink for girls and blue for boys. You won't find a man driving > > > > >> > around > > > > >> > in a pink car. Yes I know there are exceptions. > > > > > >> > Black is dark and Goth and for Funeral Processions. > > > > > >> > Red might be Romantic. > > > > > >> > Purple might > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
