by atmara | Aug 11, 2014 | Art, Sacred Geometry, Video
I found this beautiful video demonstrating the Fibonacci Sequence, one of the building blocks of the Universe. If you are unfamiliar with this aspect of sacred geometry you can fine material at Wikipedia to acquaint you with it. There is much material on the web explaining the mathematics of the Fibonacci Sequence and I will leave it to you to explore that if you are interested. What I find interesting about this video is that it was part of a play performed in 2010. The details of the play are below the video. I find it fascinating that sacred geometry found it’s way into a musical theater production. The Fibonacci Sequence is truly all around us. Enjoy!
The Hidden Sky: Fibonacci Movie from Cara Reichel on Vimeo.
“THE HIDDEN SKY
Jan. 30 – Feb. 28, 2010
at the West End Theatre (263 West 86th St.) in the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew
music and lyrics by Peter Foley
book by Kate Chisholm
based on the short story “The Masters” by Ursula K. Le Guin
directed by Kate Chisholm
Science and religion collide in this sophisticated and mythic new musical. At the center of the conflict is Ganil, a young woman whose passionate longing for knowledge leads her on a dangerous journey in pursuit of lost and forbidden truths. With an eclectic score featuring lush choral singing, this compelling tale of spiritual awakening illuminates the complex dialogue between faith and reason.”
“The power of Foley´s score effectively communicates the exhilaration of intellectual discovery… The melodic urgency, rhythmic variety, harmonic invention and orchestral sophistication of his music compel the attention. Foley acknowledges a range of influences from Sufi music to the rock band U2, yet what he has made of them is something uniquely his own.” — The Philadelphia Inquirer
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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!
by atmara | Aug 7, 2014 | Photography, Science, TED Talks, Video
According to ted.com: “Rachel Sussman shows photographs of the world’s oldest continuously living organisms — from 2,000-year-old brain coral off Tobago’s coast to an “underground forest” in South Africa that has lived since before the dawn of agriculture.”
“For the past five years, Rachel Sussman has traveled around the globe photographing organisms that have lived for more than 2,000 years. From 500,000-year-old actinobacteria in the Siberian permafrost a lone spruce standing on a mostly barren mountain in Sweden, her images capture both the robustness and fragility of life. While these organisms’ longevity dwarfs even that of human civilization, they all depend on ecosystems in fine balance — a balance thrown into question by human encroachment and climate change.”
Enjoy.
For those of you not familiar with TED Talks here is a brief summery from www.ted.com: “TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize”
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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!
by atmara | Aug 4, 2014 | Art, Creativity, Mandala Monday, Mandalas
Last week we viewed a few mandala pendants and this week I’ve picked out some mandala rings for your pleasure. Esty seems to be the place that comes up first in searching for handmade jewelry so again I have picked a few samples from there. If you know of other jewelry sites with mandala rings please feel free to list them in the comments section.
Above is Star Mandala Ring by StumblingOnSainthood
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Here is Flower Mandala Ring by GPyoga
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And here is Tribal Etched Brass and Cooper Mandala Ring by Cuprum29
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And finally, Eastern Mandala Ring by ThePendantQueen
These are, again, just the tip of a huge iceberg of mandala rings available on the web. Please feel free to list links to your favorites in the comments section.
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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!
