Tag Archives: Isaac Newton

tyranny of time: laws of motion and commotion

Humankind, especially in the West, has long lived under the spell and curse of time, expressing it in art and philosophy as a brooding over Time’s passage. But what if, somehow, we could circumvent its hitherto unchanging pace?… Humans are … Continue reading

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copernicus: going rogue on relative motion

A little errant goes a long orbit. Displacing man from the center of the universe. What began as some computational sleights of hand to help the Church with calendar problems soon assumed a life of its own. The earth was … Continue reading

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parapsycho-illogical: leaning on the divine mechanic

Since the dawn of the twentieth-century, scientists have systematically shattered the mechanistic universe- and made room among the black holes for ESP, PK,mindons, psitrons, and ghosts… …The myth of scientific materialism rests in a historical context. In a sense it … Continue reading

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the “salai” copy: hold your hand original

Its the Mona Lisa industry. Eventually it will get traced all the way to Neil Armstrong on the moon and the 9-11 attacks. Maybe its the collective occult obsession and the “inside job” is to be found within the sacred … Continue reading

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agitated realms beyond melancholy

The long arc of hereticism. Modernism and baggage of hereticism it bring with it, the deep sack of neuroses festering sometimes into the outbreaks of pathology and brilliance often equally and simultaneously, is today, a sort  of anguished repudiation; reactions … Continue reading

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when the noble run free

The Enlightenment. It has become an ordinary and familiar thing; like a Marcel Duchamp sculpture, what was once subversive and novel, the quarrel with Christianity and that people of different religious affiliations could live peacefully together, has now become an … Continue reading

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eye of the tyger

William Blake saw heaven in a speck of dust. Toying on the brink of madness, he always seemed to stop just short of leaping off the cliff, of sacrificing himself to some form of wish fulfilling fantasy. An enigma of … Continue reading

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wake up and smell the coffee

Make sure the coffee is ready, hot and with extra brewing. Its not known if Voltaire preferred cream and sugar or straight up black, however it has been documented that the philosopher and part-time scallywag and ringtail drank copious amounts … Continue reading

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coat of arms and and arcane yarns

By Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) This is sir isaac newton’s coat or arms. so, i guess this was the personal logo of the creator of newtonian physics and the man who discovered gravity for all of us when an apple fell … Continue reading

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Mystery of the Masons: part I

A guest blog from Tai Carmen at Parallax.Parallax: Exploring the architecture of human perception. There is an aesthetics of Masonry that in light of the Royal wedding of April 29, became more visually represented… Tai Carmen: Though Masonry is identical … Continue reading

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