by atmara | May 31, 2012 | Art, Creativity, TED Talks, Video
According to ted.com: “Reuben Margolin is a kinetic sculptor, crafting beautiful pieces that move in the pattern of raindrops falling and waves combining. Take nine minutes and be mesmerized by his meditative art — inspired in equal parts by math and nature.”
“Reuben Margolin makes wave-like sculptures that undulate, spiral, bob and dip in gloriously natural-seeming ways, driven by arrays of cogs and gears. As a kid, Margolin was into math and physics; at college, he switched to liberal arts and ended up studying painting in Italy and Russia. Inspired by the movement of a little green caterpillar, he began trying to capture movements of nature in sculptural form. Now, at his studio in Emeryville, California, he makes large-scale undulating installations of wood and recycled stuff. He also makes pedal-powered rickshaws and has collaborated on several large-scale pedal-powered vehicles. ”
I hope you enjoy these stunning works of kinetic art by Reuben.
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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by atmara | May 28, 2012 | Art, Mandala Monday, Mandalas, Sacred Geometry, Video
Recently someone pointed me to a YouTube video by Charles Gilchrist. Gilchrist is well known as a teacher and mandala maker. You will find an earlier guest post of his titled “Mandala Monday – The Path to Sacred Geometry By Charles L. Gilchrist“ among the Mandala Monday post category.
He has a great series of videos on sacred geometry which I thought would be interesting to spend a few weeks exploring. Here is the first titled “Introduction To Sacred Geometry.”
Enjoy!
You will find the images from the workbook he refers to in the video at:
The Gilchrist Sacred Geometry website:
http://www.charlesgilchrist.com/SGEO/
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by atmara | May 14, 2012 | Art, Mandala Monday, Mandalas, Meditation, Video
This video shows the use of the focus of the mind for creating mandalas. According to YouTube Channel UniversalMediaman:
“Dagaz is an application that helps the Mindset user to train their meditation level through a new intuitive game experience. The application makes use of mandala shapes, generated by the user’s mind. Mandala shapes are symmetrical shapes used in many cultures and almost every religion. The shapes are used for different purposes, for example as a meditation tool, part of religious architecture, and even as a therapeutic tool for mentally disabled or mentally ill. Every mandala is created around a central point. Dagaz (which means ‘point’ in the ancient Futhark alphabet) uses that central point to help users train their meditation skills.”
“The Dagaz project has its purpose in different areas. Dagaz can be used for relaxation or as a fun gaming experience. But it can also be used for more serious training. Meditation also has positive effects on a wide range of conditions, such as hyperactivity disorders (ADHD), sleeping difficulties, depression and pain relief. Dagaz is a fun and intuitive way to learn to control your brain by creating aesthetic images. By meditating on a central point the user has the ability to generate different dimensions from this point and these dimensions carry you further into your meditation session. The more dimensions you create, the higher your score and your meditation skill.”
“Dagaz is the first step in the creation of a mind-based communication protocol. Future versions of Dagaz will have an added multiplayer mode, making it possible to create a worldwide neural network that will enable participants all over the world to generate mandalas together.”
“The first version of Dagaz lays the foundation for more advanced neural interaction on social platforms. Are you ready to start talking with your mind?”
* Design & Code by Universal Mediaman (Beer van Geer)
* Music by Olle (Björn Remmerswaal)
See website: http://www.dagazproject.com
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