Attractive Electron Matter
Honey Crisp and Plywood. September 2021.
Meditate often on the interconnectedness and mutual interdependence of all things in the universe—all things are mutually woven together and therefore have an affinity for each other.
- Marcus Aurelius (on the idea of Sympatheia)
So I go through my day and think and work and write some words and water parts of the yard and move things from here to there and some days thats the extent of it, rearranging the world around me looking for sympathetic rhythms and music in the arranging and then I read that electrons may be conscious and the quote from Marcus Aurelius about the interconnectedness of all things and remember the Walt Whitman poem “I AM HE THAT ACHES WITH LOVE”:
I AM he that aches with amorous love;
Does the earth gravitate? does not all matter, aching, attract all
matter?
So the body of me to all I meet or know.
These thing too inspired me recently:
Is reality real? These neuroscientists don’t think so. Do you know the “Big Think” YouTube channel? Good stuff presented in fairly short videos.
25 Words That Are Their Own Opposites. I’m fascinated at the precision and imprecision, the evolution and irony of how we use language and how it uses us.
How To Prevent Stiffness As You Age: A kinesiologist’s guide to running well into your later years. I’m not much of a runner but this article has some good practices for those of us who sit in chairs at computers all day too.
Napping in the afternoon can improve memory and alertness – here’s why. I love taking a late morning nap, 35-50 minutes and I’m ready to go.
Art or Prank? | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios. This is so fantastic: two dudes, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and a pair of eyeglasses placed under a wall label explaining the theme of the exhibit. “And the next time you walk into a gallery and see something you think is ridiculous, maybe think about what you’ve been trained to expect when you walk into a museum. What around you is informing your opinion, and see yourself as an active agent in determining what it is, why it is, and whether you as the ‘institution’ accept it.” - Sarah Urist Green for The Art Assignment.