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This blog is a division of the CODEX ISOM a complete guide to the collected works and writings of Ronald D. Isom, art educator and artist. A study of the heart, soul and mind. Creating esoteric connections to the universe. Without symbols our lives would be as spiritually impoverished as sleep without dreams.
Showing posts with label physics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label physics. Show all posts
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Adinkra symbols, physics and my doodles...
Over the last 50 years I have been creating black and white drawings of personal symbology. I have amassed over 3,000 small drawings and I continue to create 3 or 4 each day and post one daily on my blog. I refer to this collection as the Isom Codex. Part of my process is searching the web and books for some links to my unconscious drawings. Several years ago, I noticed that my titles have some relationship to quantum physics and scientific notation. I have very little education in the area of math and physics. However, I continue to find some connection between my drawings and scientific phenomena, especially physics. My symbols are very much like Adinkra symbols and through my research I found out that physics has some relationship to Adinkra symbols. I realize these relationships are not new discoveries but my unconscious doodles seem to telling me something. The Andinkra symbols are "supporting the transmission of a complex and nuanced body of practice and belief". In my blog, symbols open up and make transparent insights and truths that were previously hidden. I don't know if I will ever find out what all my scribbles on paper mean, but the journey is very exciting.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adinkra symbols recorded by Robert Sutherland Rattray, 1927
This article is about the ancient Akan visual symbols. For the use of the term in theoretical physics, see Adinkra symbols (physics).
Adinkra are visual symbols, originally created by the Akan of Ghana and the Gyaman of Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa, that represent concepts or aphorisms. Adinkra are used extensively in fabrics, pottery, logos and advertising. They are incorporated into walls and other architectural features. Fabric adinkra are often made by woodcut sign writing as well as screen printing. Adinkra symbols appear on some traditional akan gold weights. The symbols are also carved on stools for domestic and ritual use. Tourism has led to new departures in the use of the symbols in such items as T shirts and jewelry.
Calabash adinkra stamps carved in Ntonso, Ghana.
The symbols have a decorative function but also represent objects that encapsulate evocative messages that convey traditional wisdom, aspects of life or the environment. There are many different symbols with distinct meanings, often linked with proverbs. In the words of Anthony Appiah, they were one of the means in a pre-litrate society for "supporting the transmission of a complex and nuanced body of practice and belief".
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Technological singularity...
greater-than-human intelligence
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Technological singularity: "hypothetical future emergence of greater-than-human intelligence through technological means, very probably resulting in explosive superintelligence"
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"The risks in developing superintelligence include the risk of failure to give it the supergoal of philanthropy. One way in which this could happen is that the creators of the superintelligence decide to build it so that it serves only this select group of humans, rather than humanity in general."
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Transhumanism...
On our way to hell.
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