Tag Archives: Leonardo DaVinci

eureka moments: 3+3=5

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Dave

In the grand scheme of things nature is much bigger in comparison to the individual. Nonetheless, man has found it irresistible to try to prove his superiority. A lost cause. Our ego is always searching for divine patterns; from the … Continue reading →

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sacred geometry: mathematics, matrimony & 1.656

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Dave

Divine proportion and the divine right of kings? The sacred geometry of the ancient philosophers had always fascinated Leonardo Davinci, and interest he shared with other Renaissance artists like Albrecht Durer….. One very famous piece, known as the Mona Lisa, … Continue reading →

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SOULS WITH MALEDICTIONS

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Dave

”‘Moloch’ certainly, despite the horror it holds for Ginsberg, is after all only the comfortably unreal reality of bourgeois America. It is as much ‘invisible suburbs’ as it is ‘monstrous bombs’, and even the poet admits that it ‘entered my … Continue reading →

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THE PAINTERS AND THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Dave

Salvador Dali’s understanding of Freud was in the ambiguous transfer of desire to reality;where desire cannot be represented directly or consciously, it takes the form of a distortion of reality as an absurdity. A strange convergence of the elements of … Continue reading →

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DaVinci: Captain of the Enterprise 7824.7 to 1

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Dave

The Treaty of the Tribbles crumbled. The Klingons, now aided by the Vogons, began burning art at public gatherings. Kirk was asked to lead an expeditionary force, temporarily vacating the captaincy  of the Enterprise. Starfleet   originally planned to promote … Continue reading →

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