This collection of quotes is being compiled by Lo Snöfall
24 March 2011
Ora Abel-Russel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conference_of_the_Birds
The Conference of the Birds (Persian: منطق الطیر, Mantiqu 't-Tayr, 1177)
Sulamith Wülfing (January 11, 1901 – 1989)
http://wulfing.artpassions.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiacal_light
Zodiacal light is a faint, roughly triangular, whitish glow seen in the night sky which appears to extend up from the vicinity of the sun along the ecliptic or zodiac. Caused by sunlight scattered by space dust in the zodiacal cloud, it is so faint that either moonlight or light pollution renders it invisible. The zodiacal light decreases in intensity with distance from the Sun, but on very dark nights it has been observed in a band completely around the ecliptic. In fact, the zodiacal light covers the entire sky, being responsible for 60% of the total skylight on a moonless night. There is also a very faint, but still slightly increased, oval glow directly opposite the Sun which is known as the gegenschein.
Zodiacal light is produced by sunlight reflecting off dust particles in the solar system known as cosmic dust. Consequently, its spectrum is the same as the solar spectrum. The material producing the zodiacal light is located in a lens-shaped volume of space centered on the sun and extending well out beyond the orbit of Earth. This material is known as the interplanetary dust cloud. Since most of the material is located near the plane of the solar system, the zodiacal light is seen along the ecliptic. The amount of material needed to produce the observed zodiacal light is amazingly small. If it were in the form of 1 mm particles, each with the same albedo (reflecting power) as Earth's moon, each particle would be 8 km from its neighbors. The gegenschein may be because particles directly opposite the sun as seen from Earth would be in full phase.
The Poynting-Robertson effect causes the particles to spiral slowly into the Sun, thus requiring a continuous source of new particles to maintain the zodiacal cloud.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conference_of_the_Birds
The Conference of the Birds (Persian: منطق الطیر, Mantiqu 't-Tayr, 1177)
- It was in China, late one moonless night,
- The Simorgh first appeared to mortal sight -
- He let a feather float down through the air,
- And rumours of its fame spread everywhere;
- ...
- Come you lost Atoms to your Centre draw,
- And be the Eternal Mirror that you saw:
- Rays that have wander'd into Darkness wide
- Return and back into your Sun subside
Sulamith Wülfing (January 11, 1901 – 1989)
http://wulfing.artpassions.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiacal_light
Zodiacal light is a faint, roughly triangular, whitish glow seen in the night sky which appears to extend up from the vicinity of the sun along the ecliptic or zodiac. Caused by sunlight scattered by space dust in the zodiacal cloud, it is so faint that either moonlight or light pollution renders it invisible. The zodiacal light decreases in intensity with distance from the Sun, but on very dark nights it has been observed in a band completely around the ecliptic. In fact, the zodiacal light covers the entire sky, being responsible for 60% of the total skylight on a moonless night. There is also a very faint, but still slightly increased, oval glow directly opposite the Sun which is known as the gegenschein.
Zodiacal light is produced by sunlight reflecting off dust particles in the solar system known as cosmic dust. Consequently, its spectrum is the same as the solar spectrum. The material producing the zodiacal light is located in a lens-shaped volume of space centered on the sun and extending well out beyond the orbit of Earth. This material is known as the interplanetary dust cloud. Since most of the material is located near the plane of the solar system, the zodiacal light is seen along the ecliptic. The amount of material needed to produce the observed zodiacal light is amazingly small. If it were in the form of 1 mm particles, each with the same albedo (reflecting power) as Earth's moon, each particle would be 8 km from its neighbors. The gegenschein may be because particles directly opposite the sun as seen from Earth would be in full phase.
The Poynting-Robertson effect causes the particles to spiral slowly into the Sun, thus requiring a continuous source of new particles to maintain the zodiacal cloud.
"The physical appearance is not everything;
as cheating, the person is a mask;
Hidden deep in the man may have heavenly powers.
His fragile ship across the sea carries the ages
An unknown from the Imperishable.
A spirit that is called God,
flaming part of the Wonderful,
architect of his own beauty and delight
poverty dwells in our mortal immortal.
The sculptor of the ways of the Infinite
this secret inhabitant unrecognized,
started their own mysteries veiled
hiding in a small seed changes its cosmic thinking.
In the quiet strength of the hidden Idea
act a certain way and predestined
passing from life to life, from plane to plane,
changing shape as the image of the self,
icon go to grow under his eyes
and the worm provides the god that is emerging. "
AUROBINDO Libro 1, Canto 3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Aurobindo
‘Rising Sun’ from the collection ‘Tiny Treasures 2’. “Good science often produces beautiful art. These pictures were part of an exhibit of microphotographs presented by “Arts at Argonne” during the Laboratory's Open House on September 14-15, 2001. They were made by Richard Lee of Argonne's Materials Science Division” at Argonne National Laboratory http://www.anl.gov/
23 March 2011
http://www.facebook.com/NASA.Little.SDO
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=225309346206&topic=17551
Maria Lynn Fanelli to Clayton -
... can be really tough when thoughts are flying in. The average person has between 70,000 to 90,000 thoughts per day so if your mind is active, just know having a lot of thoughts is normal. They don't tend to stop but we can learn to pay less attention to them or let them just come and go and not feel we have to believe them. They are just thoughts. Some thoughts are ridiculous and we all have them. Some thoughts are helpful too. But it is always good to try to relax the mind once in a while if possible...
22 March 2011
Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez talk during an official meeting in Tripoli http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8256716-military-fires-on-libyans-in-tripoli-gaddafi-rumoured-fled-to-venezuela/image/65672367-libya-s-leader-muammar-gaddafi-and-venezuela-s-president-hugo-chavez-talk-during-an
Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi meets Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at his tent in Tripoli. http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8263655-two-libyan-fighter-jet-pilot-defected-seeking-political-asylum/content/65672369-libya-s-leader-muammar-gaddafi-meets-venezuela-s-president-hugo-chavez-at-his-tent-in-tripoli
Then British Prime Minister Tony Blair with Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi at the start of their meeting inside "The Place", a tent outside Tripoli. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8343250/Libyas-leader-Colonel-Muammar-Gaddafi-in-pictures.html?image=10
Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi is known to carry his Bedouin tent along with him on diplomatic missions. In 2009, he pitched his tent in the Villa Doria Pamphili in Rome, where he received his guests. http://connect.in.com/pictures-of-gaddafi-female-bodyguards/photos-1-1-1-f8b1f38961ab19866a831ff8df0ce0ad.html
18 March 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossolalia 'Glossolalia' is constructed from the Greek word γλωσσολαλία, itself a compound of the words γλῶσσα (glossa), meaning "tongue" or "language" and λαλέω (laleō), "I speak, I talk". The term 'speaking in tongues' is a translation of these two components of the same word.
In 2006, the brains of a group of individuals were scanned while they were speaking in tongues. Activity in the language centers of the brain decreased, while activity in the emotional centers of the brain increased. Activity in the area of control decreased, which corresponds with the reported experience of loss of control. There were no changes in any language areas, suggesting that glossolalia is not associated with usual language function. Other brain wave studies have also found that brain activity alters in glossolalia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealist_automatism
http://www.spiritualjourneyart.com/election-results-for-senator-from-ga-analog-drawings/uncategorized I started to work on my website today - which is a great embarassment to me at present - and then felt a sudden urge to do a series of analog drawings about the Georgia election results that distressed me so much last night. I started by “dancing it” - just expressing in movement the feeling that came. This was easy — started with plenty of pushing away and fierce grunts! Then some turning away - holding away - but when I placed my right hand on my heart, everything changed and almost reluctantly I began reaching out a bit with my left... The seven analog drawings — quick “free drawings of the feeling” done in soft Ebony pencil on slightly rough paper — follow a similar progression. I’ve scanned them in. (This kind of drawing is often called automatic drawing. It’s a kind of spontaneous gesture of the whole body-mind.)
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