On Aug 12, 2010, at 2:56 PM, Krimel wrote: > [Marsha] > I visualize a pattern of value like a galaxy, where the most commonly > shared aspect of a pattern are clustered more densely in the middle, > while the less commonly held aspects of the pattern, for whatever > reason, are on the peripheral. > > [Krimel] > Sort of, although I would phrase it differently. I recently claimed, with > this sort of thing in mind, that a "better" set of metaphysical "levels" > would be trunk, limb, branch, leaf. That is how patterns form in the "real" > world and in our conceptions of it. That in fact is how all of our thoughts > and feelings are encoded in the fractal structure of our nervous systems. It > is all areas of dense flow surrounded by fractual streams and branches.
Marsha: I was considering mostly individually named patterns, not the levels which do no interest me as much. > Case once put it this way: > > Strokes of lightning slash the skies > In their flash the darkness dies > The fractured lines of time and fate > Inscribe the shape of love and hate. > > A coin in spin... > Head chasing tails > To see that other side... > It fails. > > When things don't cleave, they shatter > All the pieces scatter > Distinctions that should matter > Blend in gray > > Facets twitch and twinkle > Perspective shifts in every wrinkle > Edges that define dissolve upon a touch. > In or out's the question. > Does it matter much? > > Each tick > Each tock > All rhythms > Mock > > Such things don't cleave, they shatter > All the pieces scatter. > Distinctions that should matter turn to gray. > > And yet, in every spot of gray > We see that white and black still play. Marsha: I'd raise my hand for Case as an unrecognized poetic genius, and dmb as the delusional hack, or at least a generally mean person. ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
